1To George Washington from Benjamin Church, 3 October 1775 (Washington Papers)
Being informed by my Friend⟨s⟩ Drs McKnight & McHenry, that the indiscrete Letter is decyphered,. Charles McKnight (1750–1791) of Cranbury, N.J., and James McHenry (1753–1816) of Baltimore had both recently studied medicine in Philadelphia, McKnight under Dr. William Shippen and McHenry under Dr. Benjamin Rush. McKnight served in the army medical department until 1782, becoming surgeon of the...