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Document Spotlight-Military Appointment Edition

Transcriber HollyPBrickhouse recently brought us a fascinating document detailing the appointment of General Anthony Wayne to the rank of Major General. The 1792 document advised Wayne that he has been appointed to that rank by the President of the United States, and that the United States Senate has ratified the appointment.

Knox encloses in the letter a schedule of pay for Wayne, and asks that Wayne please accept or decline the appointment with a return letter; curiously, Knox asks that an acceptance of the appointment be accompanied by a written oath of office.

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