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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03185 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0076] September-December 1785 |
| Title | The company Broome & Platt to Henry Knox regarding their contract with John Blackburn of London |
| Date | 6 September 1785 |
| Author | Broome & Platt (fl. 1785) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document; Legal document |
| Content Description | The writer, on behalf of the firm of Broome & Platt, encloses documents detailing the correspondence between the firm and its creditors in England, as requested. Outlines the firm's dealings with John Blackburn, of London, who until July 1783 was apparently on good terms with the firm. Invited them to come to London to settle their business whenever convenient, so Mr. Platt left in December 1783 and arrived London in mid-January 1784. Upon calling on Mr. Blackburn, Mr. Platt "found a clause which had artfully been kept from us": unbeknownst to them, their contract with Mr. Blackburn stated that if they did not arrive prior to 1 January 1784, all the clauses were null and void, and the contract would no longer protect them. Mr. Blackburn then forced Mr. Platt to agree to pay compound interest, and "give notes Including Interest, rather than receive rough treatment from their hands." Makes arrangements to receive the documents back from Samuel Shaw when Shaw and Knox are done reading them. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Commerce Merchants and Trade Finance Debt Global History and Civics Economics Revolutionary War |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Broome, Samuel (ca. 1734-1810) Platt, Jeremiah (fl. 1785) Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Blackburn, John (fl. 1785) |
| Place written | New Haven, Connecticut |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Banking & Economics; Law |
| 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 Henry Knox to James Webber regarding William's health and business and financial matters |