Jackson, William, 1759-1828 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05115 Author/Creator: Jackson, William, 1759-1828 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 August 1791 Pagination: 1 p. ; 24 x 19.9 cm. Order a Copy
Signed in text in the third person by President George Washington's secretary William Jackson. Says he is writing by the President's command to transmit a letter (see GLC02437.04963)
addressed to the President from Behague, Governor of the French Windward Islands. Behague was soliciting a diploma for himself from the Society of the Cincinnati. The letter also asks for a diploma for Fressinaux. Reports that the President wants "General Knox to make such answer to M. Behague's letter [if] he may think proper, and the circumstances the case will authorise."
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