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Knox, William, 1756-1795 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04651 Author/Creator: Knox, William, 1756-1795 Place Written: Alexandria, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 July 1790 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; Height: 22.2 cm, Width: 17.3 cm Order a Copy

Discusses meeting Colonel [Marinus] Willet and Alexander McGillivray (Willet was accompanying McGillivray, on his way to negotiate a treaty with the United States). Notes that Willet "appears to have overcome great obstacles in the object of his mission..." Says that McGillivray introduced him to two chiefs who were traveling with the men. Willet informed him that McGillivray sometimes drinks in excess, but nonetheless, Willet thinks highly of McGillivray's abilities. Plans to visit Mount Vernon. Writes, "The people at George Town & this City appeared to be very much delighted with the proceedings of the House of Representatives relative to the permanent residence [of the new federal capital], but they wish the period had not been fixed at so great a distance."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox, William, 1756-1795
McGillivray, Alexander, 1750-1793
Willett, Marinus, 1740-1830

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