Issac Pierce writes to Knox regarding bounty lands
Document 1789Letter, asks for Bounty Lands due to son's estates.
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[address leaf]
Honble Henry Knox Esq
Secretary at War
New York
[upside down, verso notations:]
Boston, March 25. 1789
Isaac Pierce
Kentucky bounty lands due.
2 lots Sons — James & Hardy
2 officers
[left margin notation:] pr.
[notation, inverted:] Recd. April 3. 1789.
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, asks for Bounty Lands due to son's estates.
Date
03/23/1789
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Boston
Repository
Collection
Document number
1789032340001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Isaac Peirce
Joseph Peirce
Lt. Hardy Peirce
Major Isaac Peirce
Notable locations
New York
Boston
Fort Lee
Notable items
rights
fourth description of lands
Proclamation
best wishes
health
prosperity
family
humble servant
sickened in the service
died while on furlow
estate
Administrator
received his wages
draw the land
entitled
legal representatives
Kill'd in Action
information from the War Office
bounty lands due the officers of the late Continental Army
representatives
claim
first class commission officers that served to the end of the war
circumstance
heir
inclosed is a copy
Administration
Warrant
cover