Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 to Henry Knox

GLC02437.04370

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GLC#
GLC02437.04370-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
September 29, 1789
Author/Creator
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 32.1 cm, Width: 19.9 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Writes that he has just heard that Mr. [Samuel] Osgood has been appointed Postmaster General. Wonders whether it would be appropriate to submit a proposal to be Postmaster of Philadelphia. Explains that Knox is the only person to whom he is presenting the idea, and would like Knox's opinion before he proceeds.

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