Knox writes to Reverend Daniel Little
Document 1789Letter, discusses proposal for a minister.
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New York 29 Oct 1789
Dear Sir
Your letter of the 8th of June which [strikethrough: was] breathes [strikethrough: nothing] [strikethrough: a generous] a spirit so alive to the happiness of the human race deserved an immediate answer from me. This I ought and intended to have done. But my public employments [strikethrough: constrained] me to postpone it to the present period.
The interest I have in the subject, and the desire I [strikethrough: have] feel for the welfare of the present & future inhabitants, [strikethrough: would] [strikethrough: justify] induce me to consider your ideas as highly valuable and worthy of [strikethrough: change] [strikethrough: and] being cherished & adopted —
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, discusses proposal for a minister.
Date
10/23/1789
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Repository
Collection
Document number
1789102300001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Daniel Little
Henry Knox
Notable locations
[Nells], Massachusetts
New York
Notable items
annual expence
ways and means to carry it into execution
early a period as possible
happy to rec your further thoughts
go to the eastward the next year
letter
immediate answer from me
public employments consumed me
desire I possess to promote the welfare of the present & future inhabitants
consider your idea as highly valuable and worthy of being cherished & adopted
consider this subject attentively and to digest some plan for its execution
constant employment of a minister of respectable talents and character
preach the moral and social virtures
lover of the arts and sciences
agriculture
happiness of the people
general superintendence
younger man
perfectly qualified to be employed in the school