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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to [John Peter Gabriel] Muhlenberg

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03839 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 April 1788 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 32.4 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses the appointment of officers to meet Pennsylvania's quota. Informs Muhlenberg, Vice-President of the Executive Council of Pennsylvania, that Captain [David] Ziegler arrived from the frontier for the purpose of the recruiting service (Ziegler had been serving in the Ohio Valley under General Harmar). Marked "private" at the top of verso and on docket.

Ziegler became the first mayor of Cincinnati in 1802.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807
Ziegler, David, 1748-1811

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