Biddle seeks recommendation from Knox to Washington
Document 1789Letter, mentions health of child; asks for recommendation to President.
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[Private]
Honble
Major General Knox
New York.
[seal]
[Connor Bairdee
Recd 22 July 1789]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, mentions health of child; asks for recommendation to President.
Date
07/22/1789
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1789072240001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Clement Biddle
[Lucy] Knox
Biddle
Bunall
Notable locations
New York
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Notable items
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