Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 [Copy of letter to John Jacob Faesch directed to Henry Knox]

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GLC#
GLC02437.01605-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
12 September 1782
Author/Creator
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Title
[Copy of letter to John Jacob Faesch directed to Henry Knox]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. : address : docket Height: 33.9 cm, Width: 22.8 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Written from the War Office. Marked "copy." Addressee on verso is Henry Knox, but letter is apparently a copy of one Lincoln wrote to John Jacob Faesch, a metalworker in the army's employ, which he forwarded to Knox. Writes, "I have been honor'd with your Letter of the 8th Instant - the terms you offer to cast the shells upon are generous, and discover a Laudable zeal to serve the public, but under the present state of our finances - I dare not engage - Money is not to be had, and I am unwilling you should be disciev'd. Shall therefore give up further thoughts of the Contract for this season."

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