Knox replies to Palfrey's request for appointment
Document 1789Letter, Knox informs Palfrey that he is unable to appoint him to a vacancy
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New York 27 May 1789
Sir
I have received your letter of the
20th instant
I do not know of any vacancies in the public offices at present — tho' my wish the [strikethrough: the appointment of the reports of] who being fully of them most probably [strikethrough: the direction] have previous engagements which would prevent the success of any application in your favor — Wh[ic]h
Therefore you should receive an explicit promise from some person who may have the power of [strikethrough: appointment] — candor constrains me to advise you not to rely on any collateral prom[ise] so as to prevent — your earlier [em]ployment elsewhere —
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, Knox informs Palfrey that he is unable to appoint him to a vacancy
Date
05/27/1789
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Repository
Collection
Document number
1789052700101
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Palfrey
Henry Knox
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
your letter
vacancies in the public office at present
previous engagements
prevent the success of any application of mine in your favour
power
explicit promise
circumstance
serve you in the manner you request

