WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). Autograph letter signed ("Go:Washington") as President, to Henry Knox, [Philadelphia,] 10 August 1791. One page, 227 x 180mm, addressed by Washington on the verso to "General Knox" and docketed by Knox, "Fro[m] Pres[ide]nt of the US 10 Aug 1791", (weak folds, marginal tears with losses in-filled with paper affecting "t" in "Washington" and several words in text). Washington writes to Henry Knoxr seeking to end a quarrel between his fellow Virginia officers and General Richard Butler on the Ohio frontier . "After you have read the enclosed private communication of my sentiments to Colo Darke [not present], please t[o] seal & forward it, along with your dispatches to the Army." The enclosed was a lengthy appeal to Colonel William Darke, serving with Butler and Arthur St. Clair during the Northwest Indian War (1785-1795). Butler had complained that General Butler had a dislike for Virginians and was unfair in his choices for regimental commands. In response, Washington apologized for General Butler's behavior, and hoping that Darke would use his influence "to dismiss their discontents, and to think only of their public duty. Let it in the first place be remembered that one common cause engages your service, and requires all your exertions – it is the interest of your country – To that interest all inferior considerations must yield" (Washington to Darke, 9 August 1791, The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, Rotunda, 2008). It is unknown if the quarrel ended with this communication, but only months later, 4 November 1791, the issue became academic: Butler was killed at the Battle of the Wabash (St. Clair's Defeat). Not in Fitzpatrick.
WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). Autograph letter signed ("Go:Washington") as President, to Henry Knox, [Philadelphia,] 10 August 1791. One page, 227 x 180mm, addressed by Washington on the verso to "General Knox" and docketed by Knox, "Fro[m] Pres[ide]nt of the US 10 Aug 1791", (weak folds, marginal tears with losses in-filled with paper affecting "t" in "Washington" and several words in text). Washington writes to Henry Knoxr seeking to end a quarrel between his fellow Virginia officers and General Richard Butler on the Ohio frontier . "After you have read the enclosed private communication of my sentiments to Colo Darke [not present], please t[o] seal & forward it, along with your dispatches to the Army." The enclosed was a lengthy appeal to Colonel William Darke, serving with Butler and Arthur St. Clair during the Northwest Indian War (1785-1795). Butler had complained that General Butler had a dislike for Virginians and was unfair in his choices for regimental commands. In response, Washington apologized for General Butler's behavior, and hoping that Darke would use his influence "to dismiss their discontents, and to think only of their public duty. Let it in the first place be remembered that one common cause engages your service, and requires all your exertions – it is the interest of your country – To that interest all inferior considerations must yield" (Washington to Darke, 9 August 1791, The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, Rotunda, 2008). It is unknown if the quarrel ended with this communication, but only months later, 4 November 1791, the issue became academic: Butler was killed at the Battle of the Wabash (St. Clair's Defeat). Not in Fitzpatrick.
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