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Knox, William (1756-1795) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04030 Author/Creator: Knox, William (1756-1795) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 November 1788 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; 32.5 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses routine War Office affairs and preparations for John Pratt's march to Fort Pitt. Comments on Ebenezer Hazard's assurances that a contract would be renewed to guarantee regular postal service. Forwarded some letters from Henry to Winthrop Sargent, Secretary of the Northwest Territory. Discusses the coordination of supplies, namely cartouch boxes, for the trip. Mentions Pratt, John Stagg, and [Samuel] Hodgdon. Covers other military matters, referring to Captains Savage and [Henry] Burbeck. Remarks on a visit of the Count de Moustier, French minister to the United States, and his sister, Madame de Brehan, to General George Washington. Notes, "Dupont tells me [he] was very much pleased with the Genl. and with Mount Vernon and spoke in terms of satisfaction for which he is not remarkable he passed three days at Mt. Vernon."

Hazard was Postmaster General.

Knox, William, 1756-1795
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Moustier, Éléonor François Élie, marquis de, 1751-1817
Hazard, Ebenezer, 1744-1817
Pratt, John, 1753-1824
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820
Stagg, John, Jr., 1758-1803
Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848
Washington, George, 1732-1799

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