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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.06706
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0130] April-June 1796 
Title Henry Knox to Timothy Pickering about declining Commissioner position
Date 14 April 1796
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Recipient Pickering, Timothy  
Document Type Correspondence; Government document
Content Description Writes that he received Pickering's letter in which he learned he was appointed head of a committee to negotiate the boundary between Maine and Canada. Declares that while he is grateful for the faith the President places in him, he must decline the appointment.
Subjects President  Jay's Treaty  Treaty  Surveying  Boundary or Property Dispute  Global History and Civics  Canada  Government and Civics  Diplomacy  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829)  Washington, George (1732-1799)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs; The Presidency
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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