Eustis, William (1753-1825) to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03091 Author/Creator: Eustis, William (1753-1825) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 February 1785 Pagination: 4 p. ; 31.3 x 19 cm. Order a Copy
Supports the establishment of an association based on military service, writing "In short there arise so many sources of mutual benefit in an association that I hope for it earnestly." Further details his interest in creating such an association: "...if a meeting should be called, and there appears no better object, where is the impropriety of a proposal to write the officers of the other states solliciting [sic] them to join in a memorial to Congress praying to be paid the interest due on our notes for pay, particularly those on which four years interest are due. If in objection to this it is said the impost will soon be granted, perhaps such an application may expedite it..." Offers further arguments in support of paying the officers, "a set of men whose prosperity is near my heart, (and nearer in proportion as they have been neglected by the country)..."
Eustis was a doctor during the Revolutionary War, and subsequently held the posts of Vice President of the Society of the Cincinnati, United States Representative from Massachusetts (1801-1804) and (1819-1822), Secretary of War (1809-1812), and Governor of Massachusetts (1823-1825), among others.
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