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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03863 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0084] April-June 1788 |
| Title | Henry Knox to William Price regarding travel arrangements and the land Knox owns |
| Date | 2 May 1788 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Price, William |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Knox writes to Price at West Point. States, "Independent of the public objects I shall wish to converse with you on the subject of objects to the Eastward- I should wish to form some system in that quarter what would promote our mutual interests. I want some person in whom I could fully confide." Proposes that Price make arrangements to travel east with Knox, likely referring to Knox's lands in present-day Maine. Marked "private" on the docket. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General West Point (US Military Academy) Travel Land Transaction Military History |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Price, William (d. 1790) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Price was Deputy Commissary of Military Stores 1784-1787 and was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |