Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to George Washington
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04709 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter Date: 29 August 1790 Pagination: 1 p. ; 28.5 x 16.5 cm. Order a Copy
This appears to be a preliminary draft of Knox's 29 August 1790 letter to George Washington (in the GW Papers at the Library of Congress) responding to Washington's secret communication of 27 August. In that communication, sent to the members of his Cabinet, Washington asked for opinions as to the proper response to take if the British asked for permission to travel across U.S. territory, from Detroit to the Mississippi, in order to attack Spanish posts. See GLC02437.08216, GLC02437.08217, and 2437.09449 for related drafts.
The President of the United States having in his communication of the 27th [struck: of the present month of August 1790] [inserted: instant], stated to the Secretary of War
The President of the United State [havg] been pleased to make a [struck: certain] [inserted: [secret]] [comm] to the Secretry of War on the 27th instant [relatively] to [struck: the probable design] a probable operation of the british troops at Detroit, through [strikeout] the [territory] of the United States
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