Bourne seeks appointment from Knox
Document 1790Letter, asks for appointment as public agent abroad.
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Sylvanus Bourne — Saturday Noon —
17 April 1790
Not being returning and not finding
Genl Knox within, takes this method
to acquaint him that as it appears yet
uncertain when the foreign arrangement
will take, he is purposs to [strikethrough: set out]
for Boston the ensuing week by [strikethrough: public] water
to which he now has more claims upon
the friendship of Genl Knox which will
probably be the last as to any public Re
quest & is contained in a Memorandum which
he'd Genl Knox would embrace some
early [strikethrough: to communicate] opportunity
to communicate the purport of
in his letter which relates to his being
[undecipherable] a Candidate for the
Type
Letter, Type Undetermined
Description
Letter, asks for appointment as public agent abroad.
Date
04/17/1790
Author
Recipient
Repository
Collection
Document number
1790041740101
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Knox to Bourne, 04/17/1790.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Sylvanus Bourne
Bouin
Gen. Knox
Notable locations
Boston
Notable items
troubled with similar memorials
led to flatter himself that motives of friendshipas they are combined with a regard to the public interest
end contained in his present request
impose a claim upon the friendship
which will probaly be the last as to the public
embrace soe early moment to communicate
letter which relates to his decision
a candidate for Public agency abroad which he may be capable of filling with propriety & to his country's advantage as his hopes are not ultimately
returning & not finding
takes this method to acquaint him that as it appears you're uncertain when the foreign arrangements will take