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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Bennett Wheeler

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04692 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter Date: 14 August 1790 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 33.1 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

Secretary of War Knox responds to a claim Wheeler made to Knox in a previous letter that the "present naval officer of Providence had obtained this office through the influence of the mechanics of Providence." Knox insists no one had "reason or authority from me" to report such a matter.

Bennett Wheeler was a newspaper publisher of United States Chronicler in Providence, Rhode Island from 1784-1802.

Wheeler, Bennet, 1756-1806
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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