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- GLC#
- GLC02437.05287-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 6 January 1792
- Author/Creator
- Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Pagination
- 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 21.6 cm, Width: 18.6 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Written from Fort Washington, at present-day Cincinnati, Ohio. Received his recent letter, and touches on financial matters. Mentions that he heard that the President intends to eliminate the position of Adjutant General of the Army (his current position) after the present campaign in the frontier, and give the Adjutant's duties to the Inspector. Comments on whether to take as a personal affront the elimination of his position. Discusses his motives for joining the campaigns in the Ohio territories.
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