- GLC#
- GLC02437.04209-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 20 May 1789
- Author/Creator
- Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Richmond, Virginia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 21.4 cm, Width: 18.3 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Wrote Knox recently and thought he might be able to visit "the metropolis," but now believes he must "decline the trip." Would prefer not to leave while his arrangements are still so tentative, and asks that Knox provide him with useful information as he sees fit. (Carrington may be referring to his prospects of receiving an appointment with the new government; see GLC02437.04167.)
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