To George Washington from Henry Knox, 19 February 1793

From Henry Knox

War-department, Feb: 19–1793.

Sir.

Colonel Louis, the Cagnawagna Chief, conceives himself entitled to some reward for his services last summer1—I have conceived it proper to give him one hundred dollars in full, which, if you approve the measure, will be satisfactory to him.2 I have the honor to be Sir, with great respect, Your obedt Servt

H. Knox
secy of War

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

1. For Louis Cook’s work on behalf of the United States, see Tobias Lear to Timothy Pickering, 3 May 1792, and note 1, and Pickering to Lear, 3 May 1792, and note 1.

2. Later on this date Lear replied to Knox: “By the President’s command . . . that as the President does not know of Colo. Louis having recd any rew[ar]d for his trouble in coming here last summer, he does not think one hundred dollars an unreasonable compensation therefor” (DLC:GW).

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Title: To George Washington from Henry Knox, 19 February 1793
Author: Knox, Henry
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Date: 19 February 1793

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Cite as: “To George Washington from Henry Knox, 19 February 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-12-02-0132. [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. 186.]

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