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- GLC#
- GLC02437.05382-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 27 March 1792
- Author/Creator
- Smith, William Stephens, 1755-1816
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 22.3 cm, Width: 18.6 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Writes that he has yet to set sail due to poor weather. Comments that he has never been an ambitious man, but that the President [Washington] and his Minister of State (referring to Thomas Jefferson) have convinced him to take on a position with the government. Does not specify the position, but explains why he believes the President thought he had the honesty and strength of character to take on the job. Asks Knox to protect his brother and possibly provide him with a job.
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