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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00169 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0010] July-December 1774 |
| Title | James Rivington to Henry Knox about various issues including religious conflict |
| Date | 25 July 1774 |
| Author | Rivington, James (1724-1802) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses various issues related to their business dealings. Comments on collecting fees from subscribers to Rivington's New-York Gazetteer. Mentions that he will discuss Knox's terms for business with Dr. Morewood (see GLC024137.00158). Orders soap and printer's ink. Comments on some shipments and delays. Remarks that "all our eyes are fixed upon" the religious conflict between Episcopalians and Presbyterians in Massachusetts that was preventing the "harmony which ought to take place of every other Consideration in this critical State of American Liberty." Mentions the regiment of the Royal Welsh Fusileers. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. |
| Subjects | Printing Religion Merchants and Trade Commerce Book Selling Finance Personal Hygiene Christianity Freedom and Independence Global History and Civics Military History Presbyterian Episcopalian |
| People | Rivington, James (1724-1802) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Religion; The American Revolution; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | to Henry Knox |
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