Cornell, Ezekiel, 1733-1800 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.04794-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
December 11, 1790
Author/Creator
Cornell, Ezekiel, 1733-1800
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Pomfret, Connecticut
Pagination
1 p. : address : docket Height: 35.3 cm, Width: 21.9 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Tells Knox that Benjamin Bourn will be bearing this letter on his way to Philadelphia to take his seat in the House of Representatives. Points to Bourn's visit with him as "evidence to you that he is not an Anti" [possible anti-federalist or anti-National Bank.] Says the "once famous Mr. [David] Howel[l] is dispised by all parties in the state to which he belongs which brings to mind that test of scripture which says that the wicked shall not live out half their Days - But there is a Number of other characters of the same Description that must go the same way before that once happy state will be restored from her Distracted situation." Asks Knox if he is entitled "to any allowance in addition to my pay that I have received at a depriciated vallue for my service in the Army under a State Appointment."

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