Tobias Lear to Henry Knox, 24 November 1792
Tobias Lear to Henry Knox
United States [Philadelphia] Novr 24th [1]792
By the President’s command T. Lear has the honor to return to the Secretary of War the letter to Govrnor Lee—to Thomas Wilson Esq. & others1—and the Copy of a letter to Genl Wayne,2 which have been submitted to the President & to inform the Secretary that their contents meet the ideas of the President.
T.L.
S.P.U.S.
ADfS, DLC:GW; LB, DLC:GW.
1. For Knox’s letters to Henry Lee and to Thomas Wilson, see Lear to Knox, 21 Nov. 1792, and notes 2 and 3.
2. For background on Knox’s letter to Wayne of 24 Nov., see Knox to Lear, 23 Nov., and note 1, and Lear to Knox, 23 Nov. 1792, and the accompanying enclosure of that date, Washington’s Observations on General Wayne’s Letters, and notes. For the text of Knox’s letter to Wayne, see 139–42.