Lillie solicits an appointment from Knox
Document 1790Letter, mentions assumption of state debt; asks for excise appointment.
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Honorable General Knox
New York
[MAR 7]
[Anshures]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, mentions assumption of state debt; asks for excise appointment.
Date
03/06/1790
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Boston
Repository
Collection
Document number
1790030640001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
John Lillie
General Jackson
Major Shaw
[Lucy] Knox
Notable locations
New York
Boston
West India's
Georgia
France
Notable items
Continental excise
officers will be appointed in each county for the purpose of collecting
interested in each other's circumstances
success in business
great losses I have sustained in navigation
circumstances are as elligible as my brother officers in general in this quarter
write you on the office of excise
many other favors already received without speculation
provided Congress assume the state debt
you and my other friends must have thought me a runaway from the time I was absent
those appointments originate principally in the President
ill timed for me to write him on the subject
delicate matter for the President to appoint many officers of the late Army to offices under the new Government
being pursuit of property agreeably to the fashion of the world
sending my vessels each a voyage to the West India's
family
business & other avocations has prevented it
I have heard from you
intention of writing you since my return