George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Henry Knox, 30 January 1794

From Henry Knox

War department January 30th 1794

Sir,

I submit to your Consideration a letter proposed to be written to the Governor of South Carolina in consequence of a private letter received by Mr John Ross of this Town of which the enclosed is an extract.1

The Secretaries of State and Treasury approved the draft now submitted.2 I have the honor to be with perfect respect Your obedient Servant

H. Knox

LS, DLC:GW; LB, DLC:GW.

1. Knox’s letter to William Moultrie of this date, which has not been identified, was “on the subject of fitting armed vessels & enlisting men” in South Carolina (JPP description begins Dorothy Twohig, ed. The Journal of the Proceedings of the President, 1793–1797. Charlottesville, Va., 1981. description ends , 282). Neither the letter sent to Philadelphia merchant John Ross nor its extract has been identified.

2. GW approved the draft and returned it to Knox on this same date (JPP description begins Dorothy Twohig, ed. The Journal of the Proceedings of the President, 1793–1797. Charlottesville, Va., 1981. description ends , 282).

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    To George Washington from Henry Knox, 30 January 1794
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    30 January 1794

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    “To George Washington from Henry Knox, 30 January 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-15-02-0119. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 15, 1 January–30 April 1794, ed. Christine Sternberg Patrick. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009, p. 152.]

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