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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.08214 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0078] September-December 1786 |
| Title | Notes on a loan to pay troops fighting Shays' Rebellion |
| Date | October 1786 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Document Type | Government document; Military document; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Docketed as "some minutes respecting the terms of the proposed loan to the U.S - for [illegible] the troops to be raised by virtues of the resolve of Congress of the 20th October 1786." The loan is for $500,000. (The troops were being raised to quell Shays' Rebellion.) |
| Subjects | Shays' Rebellion Congress Government and Civics Finance Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs |
| Theme | Creating a New Government |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |