1To George Washington from Henry Knox, 17 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have not been unmindful of Mr Anderson’s and Doctor Allan Pollocks propositions, of the importance of which I am favorably impressed—the utter want of any provision for this subject has rendered an answer nugatory. I have conversed with many members of Congress upon the affair: who have been of different opinions respecting the propriety of availing ourselves of the discoveries and the modes...