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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03182 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0076] September-December 1785 |
| Title | The company Broome & Platt to Henry Knox regarding a debt of terms of repayment |
| Date | 6 September 1785 |
| Author | Broome & Platt (fl. 1785) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | The firm of Broome & Platt certifies that it is in debt to Messrs. Webber Addington & Birhnall of London for approximately 600 pounds. Document arranges terms of repayment, including paying the equivalent amount in dry goods within a two-week period to General Knox, the ultimate beneficiary. (According to GLC02437.03181, Broome & Platt had made a payment to James Webber, who was apparently handling business for Henry Knox and his brother, William, during William's illness, but the note with which they paid was drawn on a firm that had gone bankrupt.) |
| Subjects | Global History and Civics Debt Finance Merchants and Trade Commerce Revolutionary War General |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Broome, Samuel (ca. 1734-1810) Platt, Jeremiah (fl. 1785) |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Children & Family; Banking & Economics; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | The "Webber" of the firm Webber Addington & Birhnall of London is likely frequent Knox correspondent James Webber, who helped care for William Knox in London. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Letter from Henry Knox to the company Broome & Platt regarding the bankruptcy of Warburton and Randall of London and payment Letter from the company Broome & Platt to Henry Knox regarding their difficult financial situation |