Thomas A Coffin To Henry Knox Requesting Knoxs Help In Obtaining A Passport For Coffin From General George Washington 8 April 1783 PDF Download
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Download Thomas A. Coffin to Henry Knox Requesting Knox's Help in Obtaining a Passport for Coffin from General George Washington, 8 April 1783 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Requests Knox's help in obtaining a passport from General George Washington to allow him to travel to Boston and back to see his family without obstruction.
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Download Henry Knox to Thomas A. Coffin about Coffin's Passport, 16 April 1783 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Informs Coffin that he has obtained a passport for him to travel to Boston, Massachusetts and outlines the perameters and restrictions of the pass. See GLC02437.02091.
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Download Henry Knox to David Humphreys Regarding Thomas Coffin's Letter to Knox about Obtaining a Passport from Washington, 14 April 1783 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Writes in response to Thomas Coffin's letter to Knox (see GLC02437.02075). Knox vouches for Coffin's good character and asks Humphreys if Washington will give Coffin a pass to visit his family in Boston. Notes that John Hancock has given permission. In a postscript, notes that Caleb [White?] of headquarters must know Coffin.
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Download David Humphreys to Henry Knox about a Passport for Thomas Coffin, 15 April 1783 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Writes in response to Knox 's letter about Thomas Coffin (see GLC02437.02087). Humphreys encloses a passport for Coffin (not present), given by Washington, on the stipulation that Governor John Hancock has also given permission for Coffin to travel to Boston.
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Download Note from George Washington to Henry Knox Asking for Knox's Opinion on an Unspecified Matter, 14 April 1783 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Encloses a letter from yesterday's post, and asks Knox his thoughts on the letter's subject. Instructs Knox to obtain General Huntington's thoughts on the subject of the enclosed letter (possibly Jedediah Huntington). Docket states From Colonel Hamilton & Colonel Trumbull 9th/14 April 1783. Docketed in Knox's hand.
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Download Henry Knox to George Washington Requesting Information Regarding an Officers' Petition to Congress in which Officers Would be Granted Lands in Place of Their Back Pay, 17 September 1783 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Knox, Commander at West Point, writes, I cannot refrain from communicating the joy I feel, and the pleasure manifested by the officers in general, upon the noble testimony of gratitude exhibited by Congress in their resolve concerning the equestrian statue... Requests information regarding an officers' petition to Congress in which officers would be granted lands in place of their back pay. Assures Washington, Were the prayer of the petition to be granted, the officers in a very few years would make the swift settlement on the frontiers, and form a strong barrier against the barbarians... Suggests the creation of the office of master general of ordnance, noting that the current Minister of War (Benjamin Lincoln, Secretary at War) does not predict the appointment of a successor to his post. Asserts that the master general of ordnance would ...reside near Congress to execute such orders as they should think proper for the dignity or security of the republick. Expresses his wish for Washington to keep this letter in confidence. Notes that if he were appointed as master general of ordnance, he would give the post his zealous assistance. His wife Lucy sends her respectful regards to Martha Washington. Knox's retained draft.
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Download Henry Knox to George Washington Informing Him of the Sending of Weekly Returns, 22 October 1783 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Informs General Washington that he is sending the weekly returns with other information to him (not included). Knox's retained draft.
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Download Draft Letter from Henry Knox to George Washington Regarding Situation of the Westward and Requesting Further Orders, 27 August 1783 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Informs Washington he sent him a post concerning Captain Farley's confirmation of the ill success of the Baron Steubens Mission. Says it appears they will not have possession of the Westward this fall and request Washington's final order concerning the detachment and artillery there. Knox's retained draft.
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Download George Washington to Henry Knox Asking Knox's Advice Regarding the Society of the Cincinnati, 1 June 1786 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Transmits a letter (not included) and asks Knox's advice regarding the Society of the Cincinnati. Notes that all papers of the Society are in the care of the Society's Secretary General, thus he cannot answer Mr. Jefferson's questions (possibly Thomas Jefferson, who was critical of the Society). Notes that some Society members obtained badges from Major [Pierre Charles] L'Enfant's Agency. Criticizes the badges L'Enfant created, noting that L'Enfant overcharged for the badges and misused the money he received. Has not seen L'Enfant since a Society meeting in 1784.
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Download Henry Knox to George Washington on the Recent Letter to Colonel Crane, 11 March 1783 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Sends his regrets to General George Washington as he was unable to make a meeting at Head Quarters due to the the large amount of ice in the river. Discusses the extraodinary notification and address forwarded to Colonel Crane (the first of the anonymous Newburgh letters, which had been circulated at camp the previous day, 10 March 1783). Washington had doubtless asked Knox to attend a confidential meeting of trusted officers to discuss the response to the Newburgh Crisis. (For more information on that meeting, see background for GLC02437.10105.) This document is Knox's retained draft.