Bourne, Sylvanus, 1761-1817 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.10223-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
January 16, 1790
Author/Creator
Bourne, Sylvanus, 1761-1817
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 37.7 cm, Width: 20.2 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Writes to request that Knox present some papers to the President on his behalf and apologizes for the inconvenience. Wishes to "remove any unfavorable impressions if such should have been made...as it contains my sincere sentiments." States in the post script that "so long a time has elapsed since my first application of the same Nature as the person, and as in the interim I have asked for a domestic employ that there is a propriety in the [renewal ?] of my application now least the President might suppose I was otherwise engaged & had entirely relinquished my wishes." Feels assured that the recipient will "conduct the whole matter in a manner most conducive to the success of my object as you are acquainted with the Presidents disposition in these cases as well as of my anxious desire for the Place." Note at the bottom of the first page states "Please Turn Over." Watermarked with a hunting horn inside a crest and the letters "G R" underneath.

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