Mrs. Sterrett asks Knox to consider appointment husband Mr. Sterrett as port collector Baltimore
Document 1792Letter, asks for appointment as collector at Baltimore port, on behalf of husband based on ill health of General Otho Williams, who will probably soon leave the office.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, asks for appointment as collector at Baltimore port, on behalf of husband based on ill health of General Otho Williams, who will probably soon leave the office.
Date
10/08/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Repository
Collection
Document number
1792100840001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Rebecca Sterrett
Mr. L. Sterrett
General Otho Williams
collector Baltimore Port
Secretary of War
husband
Notable locations
Maryland
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Notable items
absence
prevents his making personally this application
resign the appointment of member of congress
prevent his nomination by the president to the collectorship
left orders with his brother to resign for him if necessary
misfortunes in mercantile induces him to solicit this appointment
presuming on your friendship for my family which you have ever professed
take the liberty to request you use your interest with the president to appoint my husband as successor to that office
extreme ill health of General Otho Williams will probably soon leave the office of collector for the port of Baltimore vacant
women in War Department