Bowles, Ralph H., 1757-1813 to Henry Knox

GLC02437.04728

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GLC#
GLC02437.04728-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
September 14, 1790
Author/Creator
Bowles, Ralph H., 1757-1813
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Machias, Maine
Pagination
3 p. : docket ; Height: 31.9 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Bowles asks Secretary of War Knox for assistance in obtaining the post of collection officer for the port of Machias. Bowles does not want to bother President George Washington about this. Bowles lists his credentials as a former soldier and good citizen of Washington County.

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