- GLC#
- GLC02437.05253-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 4 December 1791
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to William Stephens Smith
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 25.2 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Writes that he believes, from Smith's recent letter, that he would like information on the likelihood of the result. Suggests that certain principles "must dictate a different arrangement from the one you contemplated." Trusts that Smith will act with the utmost propriety. (May be alluding to Smith's upcoming departure from America; see GLC02437.05251.)
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