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- GLC#
- GLC02437.03108-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 12 March 1785
- Author/Creator
- Doughty, John, 1754-1826
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- West Point, New York
- Pagination
- 3 p. : docket ; Height: 33.5 cm, Width: 21.1 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Major Doughty, commander at West Point, transmits returns of troops and stores (returns not included). Doughty is extremely upset because he hopes to remain in the military as an artillerist, but recently heard that Congress plans to discharge the troops presently in service. Writes, "If this measure takes place, which it is probable will be the case, instead of continuing my military pursuits, I am fearful I shall be thrown upon the wide world without a profession, or a capital to create one..." Asks Knox, who was recently offered the position of Secretary at War, to procure him an office which "may place me in a respectable station in Life..."
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