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- GLC#
- GLC02437.03714-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 25 November 1787
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Silas Talbot
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 3 p. : docket ; Height: 33.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Discusses the circumstances of Talbot's sons who are now in France. States they have been well received by the intendant of Normandy and that Count Montmorin, acting as Minister of Marine since the resignation of the Marquis de Castries, has placed them in the volunteers of the 3rd class in the royal navy. Also discusses their various expenses for room and board. Mentions a statement given by Monsieur La Forest and relays that he wants an answer concerning the reimbursement of funds. States, "It was also hinted by Mr. La Forest that it would be beneficial were you to obtain letters from Mr. [John] Jay to Mr. [Thomas] Jefferson requesting the enquiries and attentions of him to the young gentlemen."
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