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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.05950
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0120] October-December 1793 
Title Henry Knox to Thomas Vose with house building instructions
Date 20 October 1793
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Recipient Vose, Thomas  
Document Type Correspondence; Land transaction document
Content Description Gives instructions for his house being built (Montpelier). References fruit trees being delivered and provides detailed instructions on where and how they should be planted. Says Colonel John Tyler might assist Vose with the planting. Mentions having an icehouse built.
Subjects Revolutionary War General  Agriculture and Animal Husbandry  Building Construction  Waldo Patent  Diet and Nutrition  Merchants and Trade  Geography and Natural History  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Vose, Thomas (1753-1810)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme Agriculture; Merchants & Commerce
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859