TRANSCRIPT GLC 2437.23.107
Henry Knox. Letter signed: New York, to George Washington, 1789 February 19. 1 p. + doc.

New York 19 February 1789

[inserted – different hand: To Washington]

My dear Sir

I forward you [struck: the] by the stage which sets out this day 13 ½ yards of ¾ Wide bottle green [inserted: cloth, of the Hartford manufacture –] I would there were more of it for you and Mrs Washingtons purposes but it was all of this color that came – The greys, and the dark browns were too mean and corse to send either for you or Mrs Washington – [struck: perhaps] There will probably be enough for a coat and waistcoat for you [strike-out] and also for Mrs Washingtons rid[in]g dress. The price is not [struck: very] [inserted: very] high only two dollars a yard [inserted: New York paper] [strike-out].- As it is packed in a box I hope you will Receive it safly, and [strike-out] speedily – I having addressed particularly to the proprietors of the Stages at Philadelphia, Baltimore & Alexandria –

I am Dear Sir
[struck: Yours]Your [strike-out] most obedt
humble Set
H Knox

His Excelly
Genl Washington

[docket]
To His Ex Genl Washington
19 Feby 1789

Notes: Published in Twohig, Dorothy et al The Papers of George Washington. Presidential Series v. 1: 322-23.