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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05018 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0100] May-June 1791 |
| Title | Jonathan Williams to Henry Knox on military movements |
| Date | 22 June 1791 |
| Author | Williams, Jonathan (1750-1815) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Williams says the information on "military movements" he is enclosing (not included) was given to him by General Wood who received it from a Mr. [Crous]. The Virginia Attorney General has letters that back up Crous's information. Says that Crous came to Richmond on business with the governor and appears to be an intelligent man. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Government and Civics Military History Frontiers and Exploration Westward Expansion American Indian History |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Williams, Jonathan (1750-1815) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Merchants & Commerce; Westward Expansion |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Williams was born on May 26, 1750 in Boston; son of Jonathan Williams, merchant, and Grace (Harris) Williams, daughter of Benjamin Franklin's sister, Anne; educated in Boston schools; in 1770 went to London to complete training and to make contacts under Franklin's tutelage; in 1776 joined Franklin in France and was immediately appointed by the commissioners of the Continental Congress to France as their agent at Nantes; became involved in a controversy between Silas Deane and Arthur Lee and resigned as agent, but remained in Europe engaged in various business ventures until Franklin returned home in 1785; married Marianne Alexander of Edinburgh, Scotland, on September 12, 1779; in 1796 became associate judge in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia; served at different times as secretary, councilor, and vice-president of the American Philosophical Society; scientific interests brought him into contact with Thomas Jefferson, who appointed him Inspector of fortifications and superintendent at West Point with the rank of major in 1801; resigned, 1803; reappointed in 1805 with the rank of lieutenant colonel of engineers; planned and supervised the construction of defenses of New York Harbor; resigned from army, July 31, 1812; in War of 1812 served as brevet brigadier general of New York Militia and on a committee in Philadelphia for preparing defenses for the Delaware River; elected to Congress in 1814 but died on May 16, 1815 before taking office. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |