Knox informs Sherburne that his rejection was not for personal reasons
Document 1790Letter, Knox advises Sherburne that the motivations of the President in making appointments is unknown to him.
100%
⇣
No human transcription currently available for this document.
This transcription was generated by machine using Anthropic's Claude Code (a mix of sonnet and opus models). It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Please verify against the document image. Learn more about our generative AI methodology.
[Colo Henry Sherburne
30 June 1790]
Type
Autograph Letter
Description
Letter, Knox advises Sherburne that the motivations of the President in making appointments is unknown to him.
Date
06/30/1790
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Repository
Collection
Document number
1790063000001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Shelbourne
Henry Knox
Notable locations
New York
United States
Notable items
persuaded that they were in no degree personal
unable to inform you of the motives what the President of the United States to nominate the persons he did to the service for officers
received your favor