Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to George Washington
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03031 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Dorchester, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 July 1784 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 29.3 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy
Responds to a 2 June 1784 letter from Washington. Discusses a recent Congressional order requiring Frederick Haldimand, Governor of the Province of Quebec, to give the United States information as to when British troops will completely evacuate Western forts, and how cannon and stores from the forts can be exchanged. Knox is incensed, writing "I cannot say but that I am well satisfied to be excluded from any responsibility in arrangements that cannot be executed. The attempt to employ militia for twelve months in an arduous operation of conveying the stores and making permanent establishments in that difficult country..." Notes that William Hull has been sent to obtain the information from Haldimand, but that Haldimand will likely deliver the information at his own convenience, if at all. Notes that opposition to the Society of the Cincinnati in Massachusetts had died down. Written in Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
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