Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Alexander McDougall

GLC02437.10097

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GLC#
GLC02437.10097-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
February 21, 1783
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
to Alexander McDougall
Place Written
West Point, New York
Pagination
4 p. : docket ; Height: 34.5 cm, Width: 23 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Discusses affairs concerning the military and Congress with General McDougall. Declares, "We are in an unhappy predicament indeed not to know who are responsible [to us] for a settlement of accounts posterity will hardly belive that an army shall continue incessantly for eight years [struck: to establish themselves] under a constant pressure of misery to establish the liberty of their country, without knowing who are to compensate them, or whether they were ever to receive any reward for their services." Calls for a more efficient system of government, and wishes to know who will address the army's grievances. Suggests ways to implement settlement of soldiers' account. Notes that General [Benjamin] Lincoln's sentiments [correspond] with his own (and McDougall's) regarding payment of soldiers.

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