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- GLC#
- GLC02437.06098-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 18 May 1794
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to George Washington
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 4 p. : docket ; Height: 32.2 cm, Width: 20.1 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Discusses the appointment of either Mr. [Thomas] Pinckney or [David] Humphreys as the minister to the Republic of France. Mentions Mr. Pinckney might transfer to France as long it is not disagreeable to him. Also notes Mr. Humphreys has not voiced opinions on the French Revolution and would make a good appointment. Recommends the following people, [Thomas] Jefferson, [James] Madison, Governor Henry Lee Virginia, John Rutledge, Elbridge Gerry, Doctor William Eustis, and Jedediah Huntington, along with a few others. Knox's retained draft.
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