KNOX HENRY Letter Signed HKnox as Secretary of War to Brigad

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KNOX, HENRY. Letter Signed, "HKnox," as Secretary of War, to Brigadier General George Weedon, expressing sympathy for Weedon's claims to back pay. 1 page, folio, with integral blank and separate address leaf; tiny wormhole on recto center, address leaf worn. War Office [Philadelphia], 13 May 1785

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"I remember I felt in common with your brother officers the extreme hardship of your case which irresistably impelled you to conform to the point of honor held sacred in the army, never to endure being superseded in rank. I should hope that under these circumstances, which were inevitable on your part, that you would be entitled to the same treatment of Generals Putnam, Sumner and a variety of other cases. . . . These have received pay and emoluments during very long recesses from the field." Quoted in Ward, Duty, Honor or Country, pages 241-2.