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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.07380 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0142] January-April 1800 |
| Title | Henry Knox to James Barron about problems appointing Knox's son in the military |
| Date | 20 November 1800 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Barron, James |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Knox's son has been under the command of Captain Barron as a lieutenant. Knox informs Barron that despite a recommendation from John Adams, "the Senate had declined to approve the nomination of the President of the United States of him as a Lieutenant of the Navy." Secretary of the Navy Stoddert suggested Henry Jackson Knox be a midshipman under Barron, but Knox believes his son would see that as a "degradation." Knox asks Barron, then, if his son Henry Jackson Knox could be "an acting Lieutenant with the emoluments only of a midshipman." |
| Subjects | Navy Military History Congress Office Seeker President Children and Family |
| People | Barron, James (1769-1851) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Adams, John (1735-1826) Stoddert, Benjamin (1744-1813) Knox, Henry Jackson (1780-1832) |
| Place written | Montpelier, Maine |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Naval & Maritime; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |