Henry Knox warrant
Scope and Contents
Printed and signed warrant. This item 7 was issued at the War Office on May 26, 1789 and is addressed to the Geographer of the United States. This warrant requires the survey of one hundred acres of land for Gustavus Aldrich, a former soldier of the Massachusetts line.
Dates
- 1789 May 26
Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Warrant must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
U.S. Secretary of War and Brigadier-General in the U.S. Continental Army.
Biographical history
Gustavus Aldrich (1760-1822) was a soldier in the Massachusetts Line of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Gustavus Aldrich was born in 1760, in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts to parents Silas Aldrich and Elizabeth Browne. He went on to serve in the Massachusetts Line of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War from 1777 to at least 1781. Aldrich married Hope Smith on August 3, 1781 in Mendon, Massachusetts. He later married Susan DeWitt on December 29, 1812 in Mendon, Massachusetts. Aldrich passed away on August 3, 1822 in Mendon, Massachusetts.
Extent
1 item (1 leaf)
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Title
- Register of Warrant
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 2011 October 28
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States