- GLC#
- GLC02437.05818-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 15, 1793
- Author/Creator
- Hobby, John, 1749-1802
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Portland, Maine
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 22.7 cm, Width: 18.8 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Feels bad having to ask for a favor from Knox. Says that Henry Dearborn, the present marshall for the District of Maine, has been elected to Congress, and Hobby wants Knox to use his influence to help [Hobby] become Dearborn's successor. As the President and Senate need to approve it, he thinks he stands a good chance with Knox's good word.
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