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LS : to the president of Congress (John Hanson), [ca. 1782 July]

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Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794; LS : to the president of Congress (John Hanson), [ca. 1782 July] After summarizing the German pensions he gave up to enter the service of America and his agreement to serve without pay, Steuben explains that his duties as Inspector General to the Continental Army require substantial travelling expenses, for which he has recieved little reimbursement. He asks that Congress either provide sufficient funding for the office or abolish it. With separate blank cover leaf.

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