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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00181 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0010] July-December 1774 |
| Title | James Rivington to Henry Knox about the sale of some tea |
| Date | 29 September 1774 |
| Author | Rivington, James (1724-1802) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Thanks Knox for their business relationship. In regard to the (illegal) tea Rivington sent Knox to sell, Rivington comments: "I fancy you had much rather I had not sent an article so much out of your way of Business." If Knox has not sold it, Rivington instructs him to forward the tea and an enclosed letter to James Seagrove and Mr. Palfrey. Also mentions that Cook's Voyage will soon be printed and sent to Knox to sell. For earlier correspondence pertaining to the contraband tea see GLC02437.00171 and GLC02437.00178. 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 Commerce Diet and Nutrition Boston Tea Party Frontiers and Exploration Literature and Language Arts Smuggling |
| People | Rivington, James (1724-1802) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Seagrove, James (1774-1795) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; 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 James Rivington to Henry Knox saying he has recommended his shop to officers of the Royal Welch Fusiliers Letter from James Rivington to Henry Knox about selling tea and other matters |
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