Cockle solicits federal appointment from Knox
Document 1789Letter, asks for federal appointment; discusses Revolutionary War.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, asks for federal appointment; discusses Revolutionary War.
Date
08/12/1789
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Repository
Collection
Document number
1789081240001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
John Cockle
Wheaton
Col. Humphreys
John Langdon
Notable locations
New York
Brunswick
Notable items
make application to some gentleman that would probably head one of the departments
favor to a family that once had pleasing prospects
industrious husband & under parent
catastrophe which the family cannot ever but retain a remembrance
sergeant at arms
informed of the family
plundered of allmost every thing she had
entitle me to some claim to notice
regularly bred to the mercantile profession in this city
justice & equity
further demonstration of my abilitys
copy of a certificate from the gentleman I served my time with
mentioned to the Speaker of the House
head one of the departments
assignment of an employment under your honor
application
aged mother
father was a merchant in this life prior to the revolution
small property that he accumulated
time that has elapsed since his decease
impracticable to collect any moneys due to the estate
late war
acts of depredations committed by the British troops
winter