Parsons, Samuel H., 1737-1789 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03127 Author/Creator: Parsons, Samuel H., 1737-1789 Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 April 1785 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 23 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy
Requests that Knox, newly appointed Secretary at War, recommend him to Congress to command troops sent to garrison the western frontier. Writes, "I consider that Post an important One to secure the Amity of the Savages, and to prevent those undue practices which will probably destroy the Peace of the Frontiers."
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