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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03658 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0081] July-September 1787 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Jeremiah Wadsworth requesting money |
| Date | 8 September 1787 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Additional authors | Samuel Ward & Brothers (fl. 1787) |
| Recipient | Wadsworth, Jeremiah |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Requests money to pay the firm of Samuel Ward & Brothers. Notes that the sum can be charged to his account. Includes a note from the firm to pay Mrs. Catharine Greene, the widow of General Nathanael Greene. Page two contains a 15 September 1787 note signed by Phineas Miller, noting that the sum was received for Mrs. Greene. |
| Subjects | Finance Women's History Estate Revolutionary War General Soldier's Pay |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Samuel Ward & Brothers (fl. 1787) Greene, Catharine Littlefield (1755-1814) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Women in American History; The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Phineas Miller helped Catharine Greene manage the estate of Nathanael Greene after Greene's death in 1786. Miller and Catharine Greene married in 1796. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |