Bourne seeks recommendation from Knox
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Bourne seeks recommendation from Knox
Description
Letter, asks for recommendation to Marshall.
short description
Ltr, ask recommendation to Marshall.
year created
1790
month created
08
day created
18
author
sent from location
Boston
recipient
sent to location
New York
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Sylvanus Bourne
Bowdin
Gen. Lincoln
Keith
notable location
New York
Boston
New york
notable item/thing
further letters
may be proper for my friends to say something further towards counteracting the strength of his exertions
your interest which I know to be of importance if exercised will excite the warmest functions of gratitude
hoping you are not totally disinterested in my welfare
plan of our settlement
wishes to see your proposals
think I can say without the imputation of vanity say that it would meet the warmest wishes of my fellow citizens that I should obtain this birth
hope if the opportunity offers you will relate the reason of my not accompanying this particular request
specific vouchers that I relyed on
for the marshallship of this district
obtained letters from some of those persons whom we talked of as proper to sign my certificate
under the circumstance they cannot with propriety do
universally say they should have given me the preference had they known my wishes
send in my behalf to the President
on my arrival here I found
document number
1790081840001
page start
1
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (4 pages) | AJU13 (4 pages) | Collection: Henry Knox Papers. [microfilm] | V: 26, P: 148 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Sylvanus Bourne | Boston | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | New York | [n/a] |