Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 [Copy of letter to John Jacob Faesch directed to Henry Knox]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01605 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 12 September 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 33.9 cm, Width: 22.8 cm Order a Copy
Written from the War Office. Marked "copy." Addressee on verso is Henry Knox, but letter is apparently a copy of one Lincoln wrote to John Jacob Faesch, a metalworker in the army's employ, which he forwarded to Knox. Writes, "I have been honor'd with your Letter of the 8th Instant - the terms you offer to cast the shells upon are generous, and discover a Laudable zeal to serve the public, but under the present state of our finances - I dare not engage - Money is not to be had, and I am unwilling you should be disciev'd. Shall therefore give up further thoughts of the Contract for this season."
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