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President Washington George Washington wrote to Henry Knox in New York thanking Knox for helping to procure a suit of clothes sent from the Hartford Manufacture, a textile mill in Hartford, Connecticut.
Washington also comments on recent elections and comments: "To hear that the votes have run in favor of Mr. Adams gives me pleasure."
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About This Item
- Title: Washington letter to Henry Knox, 1789
- Creator: George Washington
- Creation Date: 1789-03-02
- Subject Date: 1789
- Location: Washington, DC
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 77, Box 2/61
- Collection: Autographs of special note
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Generals--United States
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806--Correspondence
- Presidents--United States
- United States--Politics and government--1789-1809
- Washington, George, 1732-1799--Correspondence
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