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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00053 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0006] January-May 1773 |
| Title | Andrew Oliver to Henry Knox regarding book orders |
| Date | 19 April 1773 |
| Author | Oliver, Andrew (1731-1799) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Written on same sheet as Knox's reply to Oliver's last letter (see GLC02437.00046), in which Oliver requested a new copy of the Nautical Almanac for 1774 because pages were missing. Knox promises to return Oliver's Almanac to him with a fixed page. Oliver acknowledges Knox's response and requests some additional books. Among them are the annual registers for 1771 and 1772, "A Treatise of Artificial Magnets," "Tables of Time," "Pilgrim's Progress," and the 5th volume in "A General Dictionary Historical and Critical," which Oliver lost in a house fire in 1760. Oliver one of the founders of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Philosophical Society. He published an "Essay on Comets" the previous year. |
| Subjects | Merchants and Trade Commerce Journalism Book Selling Maritime Science and Technology Literature and Language Arts Disaster |
| People | Oliver, A. (Andrew) (1731-1799) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Salem, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Education; Science, Technology, Invention; Arts & Literature |
| 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 Andrew Oliver to Henry Knox returning a copy of the Nautical Almanac |