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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05009 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0100] May-June 1791 |
Title | Henry Knox to William Duer regarding a sale of 50,000 acres of land |
Date | 19 June 1791 |
Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
Recipient | Duer, William |
Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document |
Content Description | Knox reports that Samuel Ogden decided to take the obligation for $3,000 in preference to the 50,000 acres of land. Asks Duer to draw up a joint note for both of them to sign. Adds that if Duer thinks it proper, Mr. Constable should also sign the note. Relates that by the last post, he received the deed from Henry Jackson, and he will have it copied and sent to Colonel Walker on Monday. Wants to know if he has any plans or prospects "relative to a sale." |
Subjects | Revolutionary War General Finance Land Transaction Waldo Patent |
People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Duer, William (1747-1799) Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810) Constable, William (1721-1791) Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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 |