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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC02437.03842
From Archive Folder	The Henry Knox Papers [0162] Undated: The New Nation
Title	Copy of a receipt related to army warrants
Date	16 April 1788 - 9 May 1789
Author	Knox, Henry (1750-1806)
Additional authors	Burrall, Jonathan (1753-1834) Audebert, Philip (fl. 1788-1796)
Document Type	Military document
Content Description	Knox's signature is struck. Knox, Secretary at War, notes receipt of ten warrants from John Pierce drawn by the Board of Treasury "in favor of Michael Hillegas." Intends to forward the warrants to Jeremiah Wadsworth and to issue warrants for the payment of troops. Verso contains the signature of Philip Audebert, who signs for John Pierce. Audebert notes receipt of five warrants. Contains a note written by Jonathan Burrall, executor of the will of John Pierce. Burrall signs 9 May 1789 noting the receipt of ten warrants. Docket notes, "Finally settled on the 9th May 1789."
Subjects	Revolutionary War General Military History Government and Civics Finance Soldier's Pay Economics Estate
People	Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Burrall, Jonathan (1753-1834) Audebert, Philip (fl. 1788-1796) Pierce, John (d. 1788)
Place written	New York, New York
Theme	Government & Politics; Banking & Economics; The American Revolution
Sub-collection	The Henry Knox Papers
Additional Information	Pierce became Paymaster General on 17 January 1781. In 1787, the office was combined with that of Commissioner of Army Accounts. Burrall was elected in May 1788, along with Benjamin Walker, as a commissioner for settling the accounts of the five wartime departments.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859

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