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- GLC#
- GLC02437.04334-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 24 August 1789
- Author/Creator
- Pike, William, fl. 1789-1790
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Newburyport, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 22.4 cm, Width: 18.7 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Writes that he was informed by his friend Mr. [Elbridge] Gerry that Knox was nominated to lead the War Department and that there might be a vacancy in his department for which Pike could apply. Asks that if Knox's department is already full, Knox recommend him to Mr. [likely Samuel] Osgood, who will likely head the Treasury Department, or to any other department head Knox knows.
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