Smith appeals to Knox to authorize military leave for a brother
Document 1791Letter, due to family hardship Smith asks for leave for his brother, Captain Smith.
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from the general knox
Secry at War —
[the left of] [undecipherable] [undecipherable: Jany 17?]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, due to family hardship Smith asks for leave for his brother, Captain Smith.
Date
07/27/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Repository
Collection
Document number
1791072740001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
William Smith
Notable locations
New York
New York
Notable items
apparent tranquility of that part of the southern frontier on which my brother Capt. Smith is stationed justifies to my mind my complying with the a
inconsistent with the good of the service
obliged if you will permit him to visit New York this season