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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04766 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0097] October-December 1790 |
| Title | Hannah Flucker Harwood to Henry Knox about the Thomas Flucker estate and her refusal to pay a bond till she gets a receipt |
| Date | 3 November 1790 |
| Author | Harwood, Hannah Flucker Urquhart (fl. 1774-1796) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Mrs. Harwood tells Secretary of War Knox that she received his letter through William Knox ten days before. She discusses a dispute over whether Knox must provide a receipt to his creditors in London. Mrs. Harwood is acting as a liaison for Knox. There is concern over Knox's demands from the "Massachusetts state." Mrs. Harwood says, "I must desire you will send a receipt in full of all demands upon me, to Longman to be delivered by him." Mrs. Harwood will not pay her bond to Knox until she has received a receipt from him. She tells Knox she sees his brother William seldom because he has many engagements but when she does, he is "in good health and spirits." |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Women of the Founding Era Finance Debt Revolutionary War General Estate Children and Family |
| People | Harwood, Hannah Flucker Urquhart (fl. 1774-1796) |
| Place written | London, England |
| Theme | Children & Family; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |