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- GLC#
- GLC02437.04189-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- April 30, 1789
- Author/Creator
- Freeman, Jeremiah, fl. 1775-1789
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Kent County, Delaware
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 33.5 cm, Width: 21.3 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Writes that the "honor I have had in serving under your immediate command, in the late war, has emboldened me to trouble you with this. I am in a disagreeable situation, and have no prospect of being in a better, which, is the only apology I can make for this request." Asks if Knox could appoint him to any clerk position in the war office, or recommend him for any other appointment. Refers him to Delaware Senator John Vining, who has also promised his help.
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