Henry Knox to Tobias Lear, 27 April 1793
Henry Knox to Tobias Lear
[Philadelphia] 27 April 1793
Dear Sir
I submit to the President of the United States the enclosed draft of a message to the chickasaw Nation. If approved I propose to enclose it in a letter to General Wayne to go by the post this Morning.1 Yours
H. Knox
ALS, DLC:GW; LB, DLC:GW.
1. GW ordered no alterations to Knox’s message. However, the president’s executive journal states that if given time, GW would have added an appeal for an alliance with the Chickasaw in the event of a U.S. war with the Creek and Cherokee nations ( 121). Knox enclosed his message in his letter to Anthony Wayne of 27 April 1793 ( 227–28). For the text of Knox’s message, see 1:288.