Knox has Resigned
Document 1795Informs that Knox resigned and Pickering will replace him.
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No 33
Department of War
Jany 3 - 1795
Sir
I have shewn your letter of the 26th Ultimo, which I received yesterday, to General Knox. He resigned his appointment as Secretary of War at the close of the year. His successor Coll Timothy Pickering was yesterday appointed.
I am Sir, with esteem, Your Obt Sert
Jon Stagg, Junr
Major Craig
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Type
Extract of Letter
Description
Informs that Knox resigned and Pickering will replace him.
Date
01/03/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Department of War
Collection
Document number
1795010320001
Page start
1
Note
In 1828 Isaac Craig's son Neville B. Craig prepared a three-page list of extracts of his father's correspondence with the War Office. This document was one of those. Note the differences between the extract and the full document.
Notable persons
Isaac Craig
John Stagg
General Henry Knox
Secretary of War
Colonel Timothy Pickering
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
Department of War
Notable items
appointment
resignation