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- GLC#
- GLC02437.09342-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1 April 1789
- Author/Creator
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Mount Vernon, Virginia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 31 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Later copy of a letter written by Washington to Knox, discussing his hesitation to become President. Reads "My movements to the chair of Government will be accompanied with feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution: so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful abode for an Ocean of difficulties, without that competency of political skill, abilities & inclination which is necessary to manage the helm." Copy made 2 February 1854.
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