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- GLC#
- GLC02437.03316-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- October 22, 1786
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to James Bowdoin
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 31.5 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Writes to introduce Governor Bowdoin to Major [William] North, who is currently Inspector of Troops. Says that North wishes to be included in the line of troops being raised. Comments that he is a citizen of Massachusetts by birth and residence and that he is an honorable and worthy officer.
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