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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.06717 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0130] April-June 1796 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Ebenezer Dunton, Thomas Vose, and James Waller Head, and [Life] Wilson about saw mills, lumber and canal building |
| Date | 22 April 1796 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Head, James Waller Dunton, Ebenezer Vose, Thomas |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Marked "copy." Includes several letters. The first, to Mr. [Life] Wilson, provides instructions for him to build a saw mill in the St. Georges region of Maine using lumber from Mr. James Waller Head. The second note, to Mr. Head, asks him to provide lumber to Mr. Wilson. The third, to Mr. Dunton, asks Dunton to provide Wilson with supplies. The last, apparently to Mr. Vose, provides a variety of instructions about a canal-building project. |
| Subjects | Building Construction Industry Mill Waldo Patent Canals Transportation Infrastructure |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Dunton, Ebenezer (fl. 1794-1796) Vose, Thomas (1753-1810) Head, James Waller (fl. 1796-1802) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Industry; Merchants & Commerce; Agriculture; Science, Technology, Invention |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |