101To George Washington from Henry Knox, 14 February 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to submit a letter from major general Wayne of the 10th of last month with a number of enclosures which has been just received. I have the honor to be Sir, with the greatest respect Your most obedt Servt: LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . The correct date of the enclosed letter from Anthony Wayne to Knox is 8 January. In this letter, written from his headquarters at Greenville,...
102To George Washington from Henry Knox, 27 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
It is with great pain that I submit you the enclosed letters, giving an account of an infamous violation of the peace with the Creeks by some of the violent frontier people of Georgia. I have the honor to be with the greatest respect Your obedient Servant LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . In a letter to Knox of 1–2 Jan. 1794, Indian agent Constant Freeman described an unprovoked attack on 28 Dec....
103To George Washington from Henry Knox, 6 June 1794 (Washington Papers)
The letter to General Wayne herewith submitted being of great importance I concluded it ought not to be transmitted until you had full time to consider its contents, and to approve or disapprove the same or direct alterations therein. Opportunities will occur in the beginning of next week for its transmission. I have the honor to be respectfully your Obedient Servant ALS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW...
104To George Washington from Henry Knox, 10 May 1793 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to report to you, that a letter, of the purport of the enclosed, be written to Governor Lee in answer to his letter of the 2d instant relatively to the fortification of Norfolk —I took the liberty of laying his letter before the other heads of departments and the Attorney General—who were of opinion as stated in the proposed answer. I have the honor to be with the highest...
105To George Washington from Henry Knox, 3 November 1792 (Washington Papers)
I beg leave to submit to your consideration the draft of a letter to Governor Lee. I also beg leave to submit the draft of a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury relatively to the Magazines of Rations to be kept in advance. I have the honor to be with the greatest respect Your most obedient servant LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . Tobias Lear wrote Knox on 4 Nov. 1792 that his draft letters to...
106To George Washington from Henry Knox, 19 July 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to submit to you a form of a Commission which it may be proper to give to the Chickasaw Chiefs they being extremely desirous of something of the sort. I also enclose a letter just received from Captain Williamson of the Genessee Country. I am, Sir, Most respectfully, Your obedt Servt LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . Though the LS is undated, it is docketed with the date "19 July...
107To George Washington from Henry Knox, 9 March 1791 (Washington Papers)
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. I am Sir with the highest respect Your Obedient Servant ALS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . The enclosed draft of orders for Brig. Gen. Charles Scott has not been found. On plans for Charles Scott’s expedition...
108To George Washington from Henry Knox, 2 April 1794 (Washington Papers)
I submit to, you the draft of instructions prepared for Mr L’Enfant—Similar instructions were yesterday transmitted, by the post, to Mr Vincent at Brunswick, and I presume he will be to day, or to morrow morning, in New York—I also submit, the copy of a letter to Governor Clinton, by Mr Vincent. Under therefore the circumstances of the case, I respectfully submit to your consideration, whether...
109To George Washington from Henry Knox, 14 April 1796 (Washington Papers)
I have received your kind favor of the 4th instant. I shall always regret every circumstance which may obstruct a compliance with your wishes public or private. The appointment of Commissioner would mar most effectually my plans for the Summer, and which are now in an expensive train of execution. There is another circumstance which I confess confidentially, has a considerable influence on my...
110To George Washington from Henry Knox, 19 March 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to submit to you a return of the commissioned Officers who served in the Navy during the late War, including the Officers of the Marines, together with a list of applicants for Offices in the Navy made out by Mr Lear & the documents accompanying the same. I have the honor to be with perfect respect Your obedt Servant LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . The enclosures have not been...