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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.04475
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0094] January-March 1790 
Title Request for a recommendation for a revenue job from William Rickard to Henry Knox
Date 20 January 1790
Author Rickard, William (fl. 1785-1795)  
Recipient Knox, Henry  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Asks Knox for a recommendation in obtaining a position in "the Collection of the Revenue in this Port." Notes he was a lieutenant under the command of Henry Jackson during the War. Asks Knox to refer to Jackson's opinion of Rickard's service. Place writ noted as "Washington/Port Bath/North Carolina."
Subjects Revolutionary War General  Office Seeker  Commerce  Taxes or Taxation  Finance  Government and Civics  Revolutionary War  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Rickard, William (fl. 1785-1795)  
Place written Washington, North Carolina
Theme Creating a New Government; Government & Politics; Banking & Economics
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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