Public service and naval power
Document 1794Letter to the Secretary of War, discussing the building of a frigate and the functions of a Naval Department.
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[XXXV- 77 3574]
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North Pleasant April 2, 1798.
Dear General
I thank you most heartily for the kind notices which occasioned our last Conver -sation, and if my [strikethrough: Efforts] could in any way be useful to you, I should be happy, on principles of personal attachment, to afford every assistance in my power, without any other Reward than the Reflection of having rendered an acceptable Service. —
But the Denomination you mentioned is
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter to the Secretary of War, discussing the building of a frigate and the functions of a Naval Department.
Date
04/02/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Mount Pleasant
Repository
Collection
Document number
1794040240001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Jonathan Williams
Notable locations
Mount Pleasant
Notable items
application of the force
business of a minister
requires the additional qualities of genius, military talents and decision
latter duty cannot be in better hands
think your country has a right to expect from your office the less important and more laborious services
present retirement with a certain but moderate income
happy as long as I keep my desires with the reasonable bounds of a decent competency
confess, however, that my mind is not insensible to the calls of my country and a great regard to my children's future situation
induce me to accept such emoluments as would enable me to keep their property in a more productive state
ready to engage in any duty consistent with a conviction in my own mind of being adequate to the task
consistent with such repute as might be reasonably expected
marine department naturally divides itself into two branches
relates to construction equipment & all matters of detail
business of an intendant or commissary
requires integrity order and activity
other relates to appointments
thank you most heartily for the kind motives which occasioned our last conversation
my efforts could in any way be useful to you
happy on principles of personal attachment to afford every assistance in my power without any other reward than the reflection of having rendered an
denomination you mentioned is not compatible with such ideas as result from a reflection of my past situation as a public servant
contemplation of my present circumstances
already built one frigate and executed an office of extensive trust