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To George Washington from Henry Knox, 9 March 1791

From Henry Knox

War office 9th March 1791

Sir

I submit to your Consideration a draft of instructions for Brigadier General Charles Scott. And I will wait upon you in one hour for the purpose of receiving your orders upon this subject.1 I am Sir with the highest respect Your Obedient Servant

H. Knox

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

1. The enclosed draft of orders for Brig. Gen. Charles Scott has not been found. On plans for Charles Scott’s expedition against the northwestern Indians, see Knox to GW, 22 Feb. 1791.

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    “To George Washington from Henry Knox, 9 March 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-07-02-0301. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 7, 1 December 1790 – 21 March 1791, ed. Jack D. Warren, Jr. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1998, p. 528.]

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