A gentlemen insists on a reply from Knox
Document 1789Letter, Sayre has solicited a federal appointment from Knox. Sayre's solicitation has gone unanswered. Sayre takes umbrage at the lack of a reply from Knox.
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[17.]
Mr Samuel Ogden 18
Merchant
Delaware [undecipherable]
[post paid]
[prepaid] Middle Hope
Trenton
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[in archives]
[War Department July 4, 1789]
[London 29 June 1789]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, Sayre has solicited a federal appointment from Knox. Sayre's solicitation has gone unanswered. Sayre takes umbrage at the lack of a reply from Knox.
Date
06/29/1789
Author
Recipient
Sent from
London
Repository
Collection
Document number
1789062940101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Stephen Sayre
Colo. Miranda
General Knox
Notable locations
London
Oxford
Russia
Paris
Notable items
my own country
profess so great a love
opportunity
proofs of this assertion
fool enough to get in love
banker
his prejudices are still the same against the French nation & their manners
travel'd to great advantage
nothing has escaped his penetration
Empress of all the Russians
mortifying declaration
vanity furnishes a reason for this superior good fortune
Capital
acquainted with the internal parts of her extensive & well known dominions
speaks french
spoke it ill
admit his figure or his address
woman is to dedide
letters to all ambassadors as no other man ever received from a crowned head
wish or desire
dined with me
return
liberty of writing
letter
stop'd under mean suspicions
show him this letter
addressed to himself
former letters
disposed to consider myself worthy
holding the rank of a gentleman entitles me
deign to converse with the president
subject
honor'd with a decisive answer