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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00122 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0008] January-April 1774 |
| Title | James Rivington to Henry Knox on matters of trade and business |
| Date | 6 February 1774 |
| Author | Rivington, James (1724-1802) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Asks Knox to advertise a book coming out in the Spring in the Boston-area newspapers. Also asks him to advertise Keysey Pills, which Rivington had made earlier arrangements for Knox to sell (see GLC02437.00062 and GLC02437.00120). Mentions that he is printing Harvey's "Meditations Among the Tombs," asks if Knox would like copies to sell, and discusses pricing. Discusses possible business arrangements for the sale of other books. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer. |
| Subjects | Book Selling Merchants and Trade Journalism Drugs Health and Medical Literature and Language Arts Finance |
| People | Rivington, James (1724-1802) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Health & Medicine; 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 | James Rivington proposes business connection to Henry Knox Letter from James Rivington to Henry Knox concerning books, land and business Letter from James Rivington to Henry Knox requesting soap and discussing other matters |