Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Bennett Wheeler
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04692 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter Date: 14 August 1790 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 33.1 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy
Secretary of War Knox responds to a claim Wheeler made to Knox in a previous letter that the "present naval officer of Providence had obtained this office through the influence of the mechanics of Providence." Knox insists no one had "reason or authority from me" to report such a matter.
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