Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07189 Author/Creator: Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 November 1798 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy
Discusses Knox's declination of an army commission, and his own views on service. Knox had declined a commission in the army raised during the quasi-war when he learned that Alexander Hamilton would outrank him. Noted as written at Mount Pleasant.
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