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to David Humphreys

Apparently responding to GLC02437.03334. Apologizes for not writing sooner. Writes, "Brevet rank in general appears to me to be delusive and far from answering the purposes designed by it - It sours and disgusts all who are not the objects of it...

GLC02437.03389

[Supplies given to Colonel David Humphreys's regiment]

Date added later in pencil. Lists supplies provided to Colonel David Humphreys, such as hospital stores, rations, wood and clothing. Addressed to General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.03401

Foundation of some paragraphs published in Fennos paper 2nd May 1789

Writes, "We learn, from good authority, that the President of the United States will see no Company on Sundays. We are also informed that the President, after his inauguration, will assign one or two days in every week for receiving such Foreigners...

GLC02437.04312

to Henry Knox

Writes to ask for employment under Knox. Emphasizes that he must support an aging mother and three sisters. Explains the financial misfortunes of himself and his family. Mentions several of the others he has contacted on the subject, including...

GLC02437.04325

to Henry Knox

Written by Humphreys as the American Minister to Portugal to Knox as Secretary of War. Humphreys writes a letter of introduction for the Chevalier de Freire, who will be a Portuguese diplomat to America. Describes the minister as a man "of infinite...

GLC02437.04954