- GLC#
- GLC02437.06706-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 14 April 1796
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Timothy Pickering
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 22.4 cm, Width: 18.7 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
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.
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