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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.02979 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0071] January-March 1784 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Arnold Welles regarding rent |
| Date | 19 March 1784 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Welles, Arnold |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Knox negotiates rent with Wells, apparently the owner of the house and farm where Knox and his family are staying. Offers one hundred pounds rent per year: "I am willing to give this sum although from the most favorable calculations I find it shall bring me in debt... I cannot in justice to myself offer a greater rent than one hundred pounds for the farm, house, & its appendages." Written in Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Land Transaction Finance Debt |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Welles, Arnold (1761-1827) |
| Place written | Dorchester, Massachusetts |
| 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 |