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Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03411 Author/Creator: Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 January 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 23.2 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Writes that he has not replied yet to Knox because he expected to see Colonel [Jeremiah] Wadsworth in Philadelphia, but has not yet, and does not know when he will arrive. Declares that the newspapers will have informed Knox that Pennsylvania has "appointed me a Commissioner on her Part to meet at the Convention in May. Had the object been any other than it is I would have declined. The appointment was the most unexpected thing that ever happened to me for I have not only declared in general my unwillingness to accept of any thing under this State but in this particular instance objected to being named but it was done while I was at Trenton."

Signer of the U.S. Constitution.

Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804

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