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- GLC#
- GLC02437.04490-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- January 31, 1790
- Author/Creator
- Talbot, Silas, 1751-1813
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Johnstown, New York
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 29.8 cm, Width: 19.6 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Forwards (not included) copies of papers and a letter (see GLC02437.04491) he sent to the President, George Washington, for Knox to look at. Also asks Knox for his support in his application for a position. Writes, "...being convinced that a word from you to him [the President] in due season will have a powerful effect on his mind and in my favor..."
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