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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.07776 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0150] July-December 1802 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Joseph Peirce expressing Knox's feeling of humiliation at not being able to pay his debts |
| Date | 21 December 1802 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Peirce, Joseph |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Speaks of his troubling affairs over his debt and the humiliation he has sustained from not being able to pay his notes as promised. States, "This circumstance has embittered my existence." Mentions making any type of payment is out of his hand right now. |
| Subjects | Finance Debt |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Peirce, Joseph (1745-1828) |
| Place written | Thomaston, Maine |
| Theme | 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 | Letter from Joseph Peirce to Henry Knox stating Peirce's desperate need for payment |