Biddle seeks recommendation from Knox to Washington

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Date July 22, 1789
Author Name Clement Biddle (primary) Location: Philadelphia
Recipient Name Henry Knox (primary) Location: New York
Summary Letter, mentions health of child; asks for recommendation to President.
Document Format Autograph Letter Signed
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Related Persons/Groups Henry Knox; Clement Biddle; [Lucy] Knox; Biddle; Bunall; ;
Related Places New York; Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; ;
Keywords execute any business in the public line; confidence in your friendship; letter; applications; constantly employing me in his private affairs; marks of his approbation; attention to my claims; suitable opportunity; settlements of my accounts; appointments under the judiciary; wrote to the president; pretensions to the appointment of the Marshal of the Federal Court for the district of Pennsylvania; obliging favor; happy to hear that your child is out of danger; ;
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