Winslow solicits a federal appointment from Knox
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Winslow solicits a federal appointment from Knox
Description
Letter, asks for appointment in Revenue Department.
short description
Ltr, Winslow asks for appointment in Revenue Dept.
year created
1789
month created
06
day created
10
author
sent from location
Portland
recipient
sent to location
New York
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Samuel Winslow
notable location
New York
Portland
York County
Cumberland County
Lincoln County
notable item/thing
district
Collectorship of Imports
Naval Offices
objects of Magnitude
approv'd conduct secure to the possessor a permanent & decent living
soliciting your kind influence
necessary Eastern pursuits
immediate prospects of advantage
capital for business
patent
official engagements
certain regular support
unproductive Eastern interests
facility in the executing any business
spirit in the pursuit
prosperity of the Federal Empire
unremitting industry & energy exercising the duties of whatever station
strict regularity & punctuality indispensably necessary to the maintenance of character
prior engagements
Congress
Revenue Department
dilemma
real friends to my welfare
present precarious establishment
ardent desire to maintain respectability in life
bring forward my boys with reputation and by a proper education to fit them for genteel Society
hazard the reception
application
country
act in some Department under the Federal Government
necessary appontments in the Revenue must be extensive
counties
document number
1789061040001
page start
1
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | AJE17 (3 pages) | Collection: Henry Knox Papers. [microfilm] | V:24, P.44. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Samuel Winslow | Portland | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | New York | [n/a] |