Henry Knox to Tobias Lear, 31 May 1793

Henry Knox to Tobias Lear

[Philadelphia] May 31st 1793

Dear Sir.

Will you please to submit to the President of the United States, the enclosed extract of a letter from major Craig, dated at Pittsburg the 24th instant.1 Your’s sincerely

H. Knox

LS, DLC:GW; LB, DLC:GW.

1. Maj. Isaac Craig (1746–1826) of Pennsylvania, a Revolutionary War veteran, served as deputy quartermaster general 1792–96. Craig’s letter to Knox of 24 May contained information on the state of provisions as the troops under Gen. Anthony Wayne began their descent of the Ohio River on 30 April (Craig to Knox, 24 May 1793, T: James Robertson Papers; Knox to Wayne, 17 May 1793, in Knopf, Wayne, description begins Richard C. Knopf, ed. Anthony Wayne, a Name in Arms: Soldier, Diplomat, Defender of Expansion Westward of a Nation; The Wayne-Knox-Pickering-McHenry Correspondence. Pittsburgh, 1960. description ends 236).

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Title: Henry Knox to Tobias Lear, 31 May 1793
Author: Knox, Henry
Recipient: Lear, Tobias
Date: 31 May 1793

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Cite as: “Henry Knox to Tobias Lear, 31 May 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-12-02-0521. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 12, 16 January 1793 – 31 May 1793, ed. Christine Sternberg Patrick and John C. Pinheiro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2005, p. 653.]

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