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John Lillie to Henry Knox on recent mercantile success and a desire for public office, 6 March 1790
Title
John Lillie to Henry Knox on recent mercantile success and a desire for public office, 6 March 1790.
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[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1790]
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1 online resource.
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Notes
Collection: The Henry Knox Papers.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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Summary
Explains and apologizes for not writing in a while as he was in France and quite busy. Discusses earnings he made from the vessels he sent to the West Indies from Georgia. Notes his profits were not as great as he expected, but, on the whole.... my circumstances are as eligible as my brother Officers in general in this quarter. Discusses the office of excise and asks if it would be OK to write to George Washington concerning a position in that office.
Variant and related titles
American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 18, 2024
Series
American history module 1
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Genre/Form
Correspondence
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AM (Publisher), digitiser.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.
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