Secretary of War takes Leave to Boston

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Secretary of War takes Leave to Boston

Description

Knox informs the President that he is departing for Boston. Information of a war continues as vague and uncertain as ever.

short description

Secretary of War takes Leave to Boston

year created

1790

month created

09

day created

15

author

recipient

note

An image of this document is available online from the GW Papers at LOC

http://memory.loc.gov/mss/mgw/mgw4/099/0800/0866.jpg or http://memory.loc.gov/mss/mgw/mgw2/035/1420131.jpg

notable person/group

Henry Knox
George Washington

notable location

War Department
Boston

notable item/thing

travel
business
war
rumor

notable idea/issue

Harmar expedition

document number

1790091500000

Document instances

In image In source Location in source

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Henry Knox [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient George Washington [unknown] [n/a]