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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00864 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0023] July-December 1780 |
| Title | Pay order |
| Date | 18 December 1780 |
| Author | Hopkinson, Francis (1737-1791) |
| Additional authors | Bates, Abraham (fl. 1781) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document; Government document |
| Content Description | Exchange rate noted as "18 Dollars at Five Livres Tournois Dollar," with an issue number of 2243. "At Thirty Days Sight of this Second Bill, First, Third and Fourth not paid, pay to Philp De Freest or Order, Eighteen Dollars, in Ninety Livres Tournois, for Interest due on Money borrowed by the United States. With note "Pay the Contents to Mr. William Knox on order. Philip De Freest" on the back. Countersigned by the Commissioner of the Loan-Office in New York, Abraham Yates, Jr. |
| Subjects | Muster Rolls and Returns Economics Finance Banking Global History and Civics |
| People | Bates, Abraham (fl. 1781) Hopkinson, Francis (1737-1791) De Freest, Phillip (fl. 1780) Knox, William (1756-1795) |
| Place written | New York |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Banking & Economics; Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |