Williams discusses credit on a War Office account with Knox

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Williams discusses credit on a War Office account with Knox

Description

Letter, discusses business transaction.

short description

Ltr, dis business transaction.

year created

1790

month created

09

day created

26

sent from location

Baltimore

recipient

in image

notable person/group

Henry Knox
Otho H Williams
Col. Harmar

notable location

Baltimore
Virginia

notable item/thing

letter is equally unexpected and unnaccountable to me
my brother who is now with me and will be the bearer of this letter is unacquainted with the circumstances which occasioned the representation
hope that subsequent reports from the same quarter
returns that have been made and the estimates that have been approved
other testimonies in favor of the contractors
Secretary of the Treasury
pleased to order further advances of money on account of the contract
concur to restore their credit at the War Office
regain your confidence and good opinion
your letter was not until now put into my hands
abstract
private
having been absent on a tour to the sweet springs in Virginia on account of my health

document number

1790092640001

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) AJW08 (2 pages) Collection: Henry Knox Papers. [microfilm] V: 27, P: 16

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Brigadier General Otho H. Williams Baltimore [n/a]
Recipient Henry Knox [unknown] [n/a]