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- GLC#
- GLC02437.04184-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 20 April 1789
- Author/Creator
- Weedon, George, 1734-1793
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Fredericksburg, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 32.3 cm, Width: 20.1 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Introduces Mr. John Mortimer, the bearer of the letter. Explains that Mortimer is a member of a respectable family that lives near Weedon, and he is taking a tour as far as Boston before returning to go into business, particularly exports and imports for the Eastern states. Asks if Knox might introduce him to his acquaintances.
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