Washington, George, 1732-1799 to Henry Knox

GLC02437.09427

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GLC#
GLC02437.09427-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
14 June 1793
Author/Creator
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
2 p. : address ; Height: 22.8 cm, Width: 18.9 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Marked "private" by George Washington at the top of page one. Addressed to The Secretary of War (Knox). Comments that a ship has arrived from New Orleans, carrying several Ohio residents. Asserts that the United States Government should be informed of the Spanish force in the Floridas in case a dispute should arise between the two nations. Asks Knox to interrogate the Ohio residents separately, in an unsuspected manner, to gain information on the Spanish ports in Florida.

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