George Washington Papers

Henry Knox to Tobias Lear, 30 May 1793

Henry Knox to Tobias Lear

[Philadelphia] 30th May 1793

Be pleased to submit to the President of the U.S., the enclosed reply of the accountant of the War department, to the accusation of Christian Beackly.1 Yours sincerely

H. Knox

ALS, DLC:GW; LB, DLC:GW.

1. The complaint of Christian Beackley (1754–c.1801–3) of Philadelphia, who had served as a lieutenant in the Continental army during the Revolutionary War, has not been identified, but it may have been related to contracts for his wheelwright business. The enclosure written by War Department accountant Joseph Howell, Jr., has not been identified.

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    Henry Knox to Tobias Lear, 30 May 1793
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    Knox, Henry
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    Lear, Tobias
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    30 May 1793

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    “Henry Knox to Tobias Lear, 30 May 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-12-02-0515. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 12, 16 January 1793 – 31 May 1793, ed. Christine Sternberg Patrick and John C. Pinheiro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2005, pp. 646–647.]

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