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TRANSCRIPT
GLC 2437.35.109
Henry
Knox. Autograph letter draft
signed: to George Washington, 1794
May 18. 4 p. + doc.
Sir
[struck:
The Secretary of State having desired me for your name to transmit some names wh
occer to me as [struck: proper] [inserted: suitable] for to be nominated Minister to France I have
the <?> to transport submit the following. <?>]
Mr.
Pinckney should not be [inserted:
deemed] essential to Mr. Jays negociations [inserted:
[struck: and of the agreement that
I]] I [struck: should be] [inserted:
am] of opinion that he might be translated to France provided the measure
should not be disagreable to him. But
in either case I [struck: should]
think Colonel Humphreys [struck: might
be considered as a proper] appointment
to France. I believe he has in no
wise indicated opinions as such to the french revolution but on the
contrary.
If
[struck: a person] however it should
be judged [2] [struck: should before]
[inserted: proper to send a person]
from America it occurs to [struck:
Given the that the one or the other of the following] [inserted: then one of
the following] characters [struck:
would be suitable].
Mr
Jefferson
Mr.
Madison}[struck: if at] the first if
unatainable
Governor
Henry Lee Virginia
[inserted: Govr <?> Lee]
William
Bingham Pennsylvania
[struck:
Edward Rutledge]
John
Rutledge SC
Edward
Rutledge
Charles
Thomson.
Elbndge
Gerry
I
have the honor to
be
respectfully
Your humble set
H Knox
The
President of
the
US.
[3]David
Humphreys
William
Brougham
Doctor
Eustis
<?>
Otis <?>
Lawyers
parsons
Jedediah
Huntington
Massachusetts
<?>
Eustis
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Otis
[4]
[inserted different hand:
To Washington]
18,
May 1794
Sir
In
pursuance of the desire of the Secretary of State I have The honor to submit to
your consideration the following characters, one of which it might be proper to
nominate a minister to the republic of france.
[docket]
The
President of
the US.
18 May 1794
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