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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00032 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0006] January-May 1773 |
| Title | David McClure to Henry Knox regarding an order of books and his work as a missionary |
| Date | 17 February 1773 |
| Author | McClure, David (1748-1820) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Writes about his good health and safe return from Indian country. Mentions that he has not received a letter from Knox. Asks Knox to "convey the inclos'd by some safe Conveyance," possibly in reference to a book order. M'Clure sent Knox a letter from Fort Pitt on 20 August 1772 (see GLC02437.00015), indicating that he was going to serve as missionary to the Delaware Indians in a town on the Muskingum River in Ohio. McClure spells his name "Maccluer." See also GLC02437.00086. |
| Subjects | Book Selling Travel Health and Medical Frontiers and Exploration American Indian History Religion Missionary |
| People | McClure, David (1748-1820) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Religion; Health & Medicine; Native Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Letter from David McClure to Henry Knox discussing a trip to Western Pennsylvania Letter from to Henry Knox to David McClure about his travel plans and the death of a friend Letter from John Murray to Henry Knox about an order of books and the whereabouts of David McClure |