Regarding Lack of Funds With Which to Pay a Public Account; Comments on CT & NY Politics
Document 1789Admits he has no funds with which to pay a public account; asks whether any money from Connecticut may be used to satisfy the same. Expresses satisfaction regarding elections in Connecticut; notes that New York continues to refuse holding a congress. [January 17 letter from Peter Colt to Wadsworth is also included -- which addresses Knox's lack of funds].
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New York 14 January 1789
My dear Sir
I am teized by demands on a public account to satisfy which I have no funds. Will you inform me what hopes are to be derived from Connecticut on this account
We have been informed of the elections from Connecticut which give great satisfaction — The Legislature of this State still disgrace, and no prospect of a compromise — no Congress.
I am your sincerely
affectionate
Knox
Colonel J Wadsworth
[Knox, New York, January 14, 1789]
[The Honorable Colonel J. Wadsworth, New Haven]
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Admits he has no funds with which to pay a public account; asks whether any money from Connecticut may be used to satisfy the same. Expresses satisfaction regarding elections in Connecticut; notes that New York continues to refuse holding a congress. [January 17 letter from Peter Colt to Wadsworth is also included -- which addresses Knox's lack of funds].
Date
01/14/1789
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Repository
Collection
Document number
1789011405010
Page start
1
Note
This letter is located inside of a letter from Peter Colt to Jeremiah Wadsworth within the Wadsworth collection. Though not a 'Paper of the War Department,' the Colt cover letter may deal with an attempt to help Knox obtain the necessary money discussed in the Knox to Wadsworth correspondence.
Notable persons
Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth
Henry Knox
Peter Colt
congress
Secretary of War
legislature
treasurer
Notable locations
New Haven
New York
Connecticut
Notable items
public account
funds
money
election
disagree
compromise
no congress
resignation
warrants