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Henry Knox to Tobias Lear, 31 May 1793

Henry Knox to Tobias Lear

[Philadelphia] 31 May 1793.

Dear Sir

Agreably to the directions of the President of the United States I transmit you the minutes of the proceedings on the 29th instant.

Please to inform the President that Colonel Willet declines the preferred Mission to the Creeks, on the ground, that his broken leg will not admit his bearing the fatigues of the Journey.1 I am Dear Sir Your affectionate humble Servant

H. Knox

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

1. For the decisions reached at the 29 May cabinet meeting on conflict between Indians and Americans in Georgia, see Cabinet Opinion on Georgia and the Creek Indians, 29 May, and note 1. Marinus Willett having declined, Knox sent Indian agent James Seagrove to negotiate with the Creeks (Cabinet Opinion on Georgia and the Creek Indians, 29 May, n.5).

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    “Henry Knox to Tobias Lear, 31 May 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-12-02-0522. [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, p. 653.]

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