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- GLC#
- GLC02437.07581-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 12 August 1801
- Author/Creator
- L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 4 p. : docket ; Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 19.7 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Seeks help from Knox for compensation from his previous employment noting that the 1800 War office fire destroyed much of his evidence. Mentions he has provided letters proving past employment as an engineer in the state of Pennsylvania and Delaware but they have not helped his cause. Asks Knox to testify and deliver his opinion before the Justice regarding L'Enfant's case.
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