Winslow buttresses his qualifications for appointment to Knox

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Date	June 28, 1789
Author Name	Samuel Winslow (primary) Location: Portland
Recipient Name	Henry Knox (primary)
Summary	Letter, asks for federal appointment.
Document Format	Autograph Letter Signed
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Related Persons/Groups	Henry Knox; Samuel Winslow; Fosdick; Thacher; ;
Related Places	Portland; ;
Keywords	Naval Officer; Collector; Comptrollers; appointment; vicinity; present residence; throw aside all local ideas for the sake of a respectable establishment; sufficiently convey my gratitude; engaging sentiments; great friendliness; write soliciting of the illustrious character I venerate; friendship in the furtherance of my object; declare myself with the warmest sentiments of gratitude; representative for this part of the country has corresponded with several of the merchants of this place upon the subject of the Impost Bill; characters for filling the necessary offices; proposed certain gentlemen; intimate an Acquaintance between the old officers & the principal merchants of this town; application; propriety; extremely unpleasant under these circumstances; short residence in this place & having no mercantile concerns; opinion; render me improper for either of the revenue offices; confidence; right of application; capacity to execute; interfere with the interests; excites in me the most grateful sensations; idea of an interference with any gentleman who might have a superior claim upon Government to any Office within this district; pleasure of last writing; conceived that all appointments made by Congress would be altogether independent & uninfluenced by past state appointments; ;
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