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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.03760
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0083] January-March 1788 
Title Constant Freeman to Henry Knox about land for former soldiers
Date 13 January 1788
Author Freeman, Constant (1757-1824)  
Recipient Knox, Henry  
Document Type Correspondence; Business and financial document; Land transaction document
Content Description Asks Knox whether he has the right, based on his military service, to two or three hundred acres of Ohio Company land. Adds that Mrs. [Mary] McNeil[l] thanks Knox for settling her husband's accounts. Knox has noted his answer beneath the docket.
Subjects Revolutionary War General  Military History  Revolutionary War  Continental Army  Land Transaction  Pension  Soldier's Pay  Westward Expansion  Frontiers and Exploration  Finance  Women's History  
People Freeman, Constant (1757-1824)  Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme The American Revolution; Westward Expansion; Women in American History
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Additional Information Freeman joined the United States Army as a First Lieutenant in 1776, reached rank of colonel, and later served as auditor of the United States Navy Department.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859