[Untitled]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, asks for civil appointment.
short description
Ltr, ask civil appointment.
year created
1789
month created
05
day created
28
author
sent from location
Boston, Massachusetts
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Constant Freeman
General Jackson
notable location
Boston, Massachusetts
New York
notable item/thing
marks of friendship
Establishment on the Federal Government encourages
devoted to the public service from their early youths to look for employment
business
fellow officers
eligible
barely subsist on my pay
hope
better provided for induces me to solicit your patronage & influence to procure me a post under the new government
predilection for the army leads me to prefer a command to all other employments
additional troops raised
civil appointment
decent subsistence
qualifications to public life
feel a confidence
employ a person who will serve them with greater zeal and more fidelity
Congress
interruption
weighty concerns
addressed from all parts of the country on subjects similar to this
polite attention
document number
1789052840001
page start
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