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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03543 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0080] April-June 1787 |
| Title | Notice of payment sent to Jeremiah Wadsworth |
| Date | 5 May 1787 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document; Military document; Government document |
| Content Description | Knox's warrant to Wadsworth to pay $3000 to Captain Joseph Wilcox "paymaster to the quota of troops raised by the state of Connecticut agreeably to the resolve of Congress of the 20th of October 1786...being the amount of an order of the board of Treasury on William Imlay Esqr. receiver of continental taxes for the state of Connecticut..." The troops were raised to quell Shays's Rebellion. Noted as written at the War Office. |
| Subjects | Military History Soldier's Pay Finance Continental Congress Congress Government and Civics Taxes or Taxation Mobs and Riots Rebellion Shays' Rebellion Revolutionary War General |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Wadsworth, Jeremiah (1743-1804) |
| Theme | Banking & Economics; Government & Politics; Religion |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |