William Knox To Henry Knox About His Travels 9 August 1790

William Knox writes Secretary of War Henry Knox about his travels through Newburyport and Salem, Massachusetts. Reports that his friends Mr. Jonathan Jackson and Mr. George Cabot have welcomed him and introduced him to characters most calculated to forward my views to the eastward of this Town. Adds that his return will be delayed by a day due to the trip he took through Newburyport and Salem. Plans on returning via Newport, Rhode Island, for two reasons, first, that my stay at Providence was too short for me to make any arrangements satisfactorily in passing through, and the second is the shaking that a four days passage would give me in taking the stage. Discusses more travel plans.