Letter to the Secretary of War

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Type

Contemporary Copy of Letter

Description

Withrop Sargent discusses the rank of Adjutant General and Inspector General with Secretary Knox. Expresses desire for military fame. Also discusses gun powder experiments.

Date

06/01/1792

Recipient

Sent from

Fort Washington

Document number

1792060140001

Page start

1

Notable persons

Henry Knox
Winthrop Sargent
James Wilkinson

Notable locations

Fort Washington
New York

Notable items

order my attendance upon the experiments
made in a manner that must be satisfactory to you and the public
circumstance of my being very unpopular
induced to believe the office should be endowed with high military rank
impostor to the army
bad habits and dispositions will probably prevail
right to dictate and place him above a dread of the cross
pleasure of seeing you soon
permission from the president
propriety is is involved amongst the bankrupt
records of them I suppose are before you
those were not under my observation
leave to assure you that from personal as well as public considerations
continue to have the most ardent disposition to do you service
letters to you
acceptance of the army appointment
important to my happiness
anxiously ambitious of your approbation
office of adjutant general will probably be fixed before this letter can reach you
cannot have discharged the duties in honour and fidelity without the aid of rank
military fame is dear to me
soldier beyond the continuance of the present war
exact and impartial execution of the multiplied duties I performed last campaign
rank of lt. col. sufficient for the adjutant general and inspector
appointment has passed me
duplicate
private
honoured with your favor
cheerfully extend the experiment agreeably to your desire and forward attended certificates
permit them to be repeated