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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00050 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0006] January-May 1773 |
| Title | Joseph Clarke to Henry Knox requesting books and discussing religious bigotry |
| Date | 8 April 1773 |
| Author | Clarke, Joseph (1719-1792) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Understands that Knox has not received works by Goldsmith that Clarke has requested (see GLC02437.00021 and GLC02437.00045). Makes a new request for Hume's Essays. Asks for his books to be packed and delivered carefully and discretely, because the "bigoted attachment of the people in this part of the Country to the particular principles in Religion they have been educated in" would bring "infamy...upon a man who differed from them in so material a point as they would readily conclude he did were he known to be possessed of books of Theism." |
| Subjects | Book Selling Religion Merchants and Trade Commerce Literature and Language Arts |
| People | Clarke, Joseph (1719-1792) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Northampton, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Religion; Arts & Literature |
| 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 Joseph Clarke to Henry Knox on financial matters Letter from Joseph Clarke to Henry Knox placing an order for books and magazines |