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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05937 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0120] October-December 1793 |
| Title | Henry Knox to William Bingham and William Duer |
| Date | 1 October 1793 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Bingham, William Duer, William |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Pages one-three contain a letter to William Bingham. Page 4 has a letter to William Duer. There is only one signature, at the end of the Duer letter. Describes his trip to Elizabethtown. Tells Bingham that Mr. Baucel, the agent to Monsieur D'Espremenil, was waiting when he arrived. Goes into the details of the quid pro quo that Duer offered to D'Espremenil (for background see GLC02437.05930). Believes the arrangement is beneficial to Bingham's interest. Reports "The fever in Philadelphia has not abated, but I do not find any dead recently whose name I am acquainted with." References receiving Duer's letter of 26 September. Reports that he wrote to Bingham and recommended the arrangement to him. Knox hopes for success. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Travel Immigration and Migration France Waldo Patent Land Transaction Finance Debt Yellow Fever Disease Health and Medical Death |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Bingham, William (1752-1804) Duer, William (1747-1799) |
| Place written | Elizabethtown, New Jersey |
| Theme | Health & Medicine; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | William Duer to Henry Knox about land business Monsieur Baucel to Henry Knox [in French] about lands in Maine |