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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.03384
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0078] September-December 1786 
Title Henry Knox to William North about North's pay
Date 21 December 1786
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Recipient North, William  
Document Type Correspondence; Military document; Government document; Business and financial document
Content Description Writes in full, "I have been attempting my dear Sir, to accomplish your pay since I received yours of the 18th. The board of treasury are disposed to exert themselves in this instance but I am persuaded that their powers are short of their inclination. Be so good as to call upon me tomorrow [illegible] I will then, inform you, [of] the mode in which they are willing to negotiate the pay."
Subjects Revolutionary War General  Military History  Soldier's Pay  Finance  Continental Congress  Congress  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Theme Government & Politics; Banking & Economics
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859