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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05039 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0100] May-June 1791 |
| Title | Henry Knox to John Hills regarding Hills' survey for a route for a canal from the Connecticut River to Boston |
| Date | 30 June 1791 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Hills, John |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Written by Knox as Secretary of War to Captain [John] Hills, who was surveying a route for a canal from the Connecticut River to Boston. References Hills's letter of 23 June (GLC02437.05022), which gave him satisfaction. Writes, "In a work similar to the one on which you are employed, so remote from the contemplations of people generally, and of such magnitude, a person whose mind expands to the idea of its practicability and execution, runs no small danger of incurring strong and perpetual ridicule." States that Hills's last letter makes him believe something substantial is possible. Hopes his calculations are accurate, and asks him to write once a week. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Surveying Canals Commerce Transportation Infrastructure |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Hills, John (fl. 1771-1796) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Industry |
| 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 John Hills to Henry Knox about a land survey |