Inquiry on Letters
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Inquiry on Letters
Description
Follow up on letters enclosed to McHenry. One of which was responding to Mr. John Parker, who offered to compile all the journals of Congress from its "dawn until the present day."
year created
1798
month created
06
day created
22
author
sent from location
Mount Vernon
recipient
in collection
in image
note
Cited in McHenry to Washington, 06/26/1798.
cited note
Cited document addressed to the War Office
notable person/group
James McHenry
George Washington
John Parker
notable location
Mount Vernon
Alexandria
Virginia
War Department
Congress
notable item/thing
journals
letters
notable phrase
I am not disposed to withdraw your attention from more important matters, or to be troublesome in any degree, or to press my correspondence upon you, but not having heard whether my letter of which the enclosed is taken from a press copy even reached your hands, I am induced to make the inquiry
document number
1798062240101
page start
1
number of pages
2
Item sets
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Document instances
In image | In source | Location in source | |
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[view document] (2 pages) | DYB07 (2 pages) | Collection: George & Katherine Davis Collection | B:1, F:1. |
Document names
Type | Name | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Author | George Washington | Mount Vernon | [n/a] |
Recipient | James McHenry | [unknown] | [n/a] |