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Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06283 Author/Creator: Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820 Place Written: Cincinnati, Ohio Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 December 1794 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 31.2 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy

Discusses Knox's impending resignation. Notes he had hope to "quite this Country by a better" (possibly means leave Cincinnati) while Knox was still in office. Also notes he was happy about Knox's approval of his conduct in the "character affair." States a man "has the right to expect and approbation of his Conduct to be expressed to him."

Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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