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- GLC#
- GLC02437.04416-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 17 November 1789
- Author/Creator
- Barrett, Samuel, 1739-1798
- Title
- [to Henry Knox]
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 31.2 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Asks the recipient, likely Knox, to pass an enclosure (not included) to George Washington. Hopes that Washington will consider him for the position of "collecting the Duties of Excise in case Congress, assuming the State Debts, shall see fit to form such an Establishment." Asks for Knox to recommend him to Washington. Recipient inferred (refer to GLC02437.04200 and GLC02437.04219 for related documents).
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