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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00187 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0010] July-December 1774 |
| Title | James Rivington to Henry Knox concerning a book, printing ink and a lottery draw |
| Date | 19 November 1774 |
| Author | Rivington, James (1724-1802) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Indicates that he is in desperate need of printing ink and wants Knox to procure it for him. Discusses pricing for Rivington's edition of Lord Chesterfield's Letters, asking Knox to find purchasers immediately because the resolutions for non-importation issued by the first Continental Congress will soon take effect. Mentions that a fire and legislative action have caused a delay in a lottery for which Knox had a ticket. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer. |
| Subjects | Book Selling Merchants and Trade Commerce Printing Literature and Language Arts Finance Continental Congress Congress Boston Port Bill Law Lottery Disaster |
| People | Rivington, James (1724-1802) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Arts & Literature; Government & Politics; The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |