Winslow buttresses his qualifications for appointment to Knox
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Winslow buttresses his qualifications for appointment to Knox
Description
Letter, asks for federal appointment.
short description
Ltr, ask federal appointment.
year created
1789
month created
06
day created
28
author
sent from location
Portland
recipient
in collection
in image
author note
Samuel Winslow
recipient note
Henry Knox
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Samuel Winslow
Fosdick
Thacher
notable location
Portland
notable item/thing
Naval Officer
Collector
Comptrollers
appointment
vicinity
present residence
throw aside all local ideas for the sake of a respectable establishment
sufficiently convey my gratitude
engaging sentiments
great friendliness
write soliciting of the illustrious character I venerate
friendship in the furtherance of my object
declare myself with the warmest sentiments of gratitude
representative for this part of the country has corresponded with several of the merchants of this place upon the subject of the Impost Bill
characters for filling the necessary offices
proposed certain gentlemen
intimate an Acquaintance between the old officers & the principal merchants of this town
application
propriety
extremely unpleasant under these circumstances
short residence in this place & having no mercantile concerns
opinion
render me improper for either of the revenue offices
confidence
right of application
capacity to execute
interfere with the interests
excites in me the most grateful sensations
idea of an interference with any gentleman who might have a superior claim upon Government to any Office within this district
pleasure of last writing
conceived that all appointments made by Congress would be altogether independent & uninfluenced by past state appointments
document number
1789062840001
page start
1
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (4 pages) | AJF07 (4 pages) | Collection: Henry Knox Papers. [microfilm] | V: 24, P 67 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Samuel Winslow | Portland | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |