Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., to Henry Knox, 24 February 1794

Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., to Henry Knox

U.S. 24. feb: 1794.

By the President’s order Bw Dandridge has the honor to transmit the letters herewith enclosed, from the Govr. of North Carolina to the President, to the ⟨Secry⟩ of War.1 The President requests the Secry to inform him if, in his opinion, any thing is contained in them, that requires the President’s particular attention; if not, to take such measures thereupon as to the Secry shall seem fit.2

Bw. Dandridge S.P.U.S.

ADfS, DLC:GW; LB, DLC:GW.

1. The enclosures were the three letters that Gov. Richard Dobbs Spaight wrote to GW on 8 Feb. (JPP description begins Dorothy Twohig, ed. The Journal of the Proceedings of the President, 1793–1797. Charlottesville, Va., 1981. description ends , 286).

2. Any written reply from Knox to GW has not been found.

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Title: Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., to Henry Knox, 24 February 1794
Author: Dandridge, Bartholomew Jr.
Recipient: Knox, Henry
Date: 24 February 1794

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Cite as: “Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., to Henry Knox, 24 February 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-15-02-0208. [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. 268.]

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