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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.08217
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0096] July-September 1790 
Title Draft of a letter to George Washington regarding possible British troop movements from Detroit [incomplete]
Date ca. 29 August 1790
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Document Type Government document; Military document
Content Description This appears to be a partial, preliminary draft of Knox's 29 August 1790 letter to George Washington (in the GW Papers at the Library of Congress) responding to Washington's secret communication of 27 August. In that communication, sent to the members of his Cabinet, Washington asked for opinions as to the proper response to take if the British asked for permission to travel across U.S. territory, from Detroit to the Mississippi, in order to attack Spanish posts. Writes, "The fact is we cannot enter into any engagements contrary to those we have made with France." This appears to be Knox's first draft to GLC02437.09449. See also GLC02437.04709 and GLC02437.08216 for related drafts.
Subjects Global History and Civics  President  Foreign Affairs  France  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Theme Creating a New Government; Westward Expansion; Foreign Affairs
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Related documents Preliminary draft of letter from Henry Knox to George Washington offering advice on British request to move troops through US to attack Spanish  Draft of a letter to George Washington regarding possible British troop movements from Detroit [incomplete]  Draft of a letter to George Washington from Henry Knox regarding possible British troop movements from Detroit  
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