Private Letter on Appointment
Document 1792Reassured Knox that Williams did not fabricate excuse for not accepting appointment. Noted that he held no personal ambitions to be second in command, a factor that Knox used to try and sell appointment.
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[Private
Balt. 13 May 1792
O.H. Williams
19 May 1792
To Gen'l Knox]
Baltimore 13 May 1792
Dear Sir
I have just answered your public letter of the [undecipherable]
Instant — In answer to your private letter of the [undecipherable] it is necessary for me to assure you that your other private of the 8th was answered in the same hour in which I received it; which was about 6 o'clock in the afternoon of the 6th Inst. and my letter was sent the same evening to the post office
I am very sincere in the apology I have made as well in my private as in my public letter — There is no fictitious reason in either for my non acceptance; But, my desire, to be yet more candid with you, I perceive no temptation to my ambition in the consideration, which you enforce of being second in command
I am Dear Sir
O.H. Williams
Genl Knox
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Reassured Knox that Williams did not fabricate excuse for not accepting appointment. Noted that he held no personal ambitions to be second in command, a factor that Knox used to try and sell appointment.
Date
05/13/1792
Recipient
Sent from
Baltimore
Repository
Collection
Document number
1792051340101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Otho Williams
Brigadier General
Notable locations
Baltimore
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letter
apology