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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00184 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0010] July-December 1774 |
| Title | James Rivington to Henry Knox requesting ink and discussing the sale of tea |
| Date | 15 October 1774 |
| Author | Rivington, James (1724-1802) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Asks Knox to send him printing ink immediately. Discusses the contraband tea Knox is selling for him (see also GLC02437.00171, GLC02437.00178, and GLC02437.00181). Indicates that his home is open to Knox and his wife if they travel to the New York region. On the second page is a note and receipt for Dr. M.B. Goldthwait, which Rivington hopes will "produce the balance due to me." Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer. |
| Subjects | Book Selling Smuggling Diet and Nutrition Printing Merchants and Trade Commerce Finance Boston Tea Party |
| People | Rivington, James (1724-1802) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Goldthwait, M.B (fl. 1774) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| 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 |
| Related documents | Letter from James Rivington to Henry Knox saying he has recommended his shop to officers of the Royal Welch Fusiliers Letter from James Rivington to Henry Knox about selling tea and other matters Letter from James Rivington to Henry Knox about the sale of some tea |
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