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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Timothy Pickering

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06706 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 April 1796 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 22.4 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Writes that he received Pickering's letter in which he learned he was appointed head of a committee to negotiate the boundary between Maine and Canada. Declares that while he is grateful for the faith the President places in him, he must decline the appointment.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Washington, George, 1732-1799

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