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- GLC#
- GLC02437.04601-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 10 May 1790
- Author/Creator
- Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.8 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Writes on behalf of a friend who "solicits the office of Ensign in the Service of the United States - "Writes on behalf of a friend, Mr. William Burd, who "solicits the office of Ensign in the Service of the United States." Reports that he is the son of Mark Burd, who worked in the Quartermaster's office, and that William Burd has the endorsement of Thomas Mifflin, former Quartermaster General and former President of the Continental Congress.
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