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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.06074
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0122] April-June 1794 
Title Joseph Peirce to Henry Knox about vines, the gardener, tools and land purchases
Date 4 April 1794
Author Peirce, Joseph (1745-1828)  
Recipient Knox, Henry  
Document Type Correspondence; Land transaction document
Content Description Informs Knox he will send the grapevines with the gardener along with some seeds and tools. Mentions how the prospect of war is keeping Knox from traveling. Refers to a promise Knox supposedly made to another gentleman. Discusses properties (possibly near Knox's land holdings in Maine) Knox is trying to purchase, the price of land, and various property boundaries. Believes Knox should consider purchasing land from the government if his plan fails.
Subjects Revolutionary War General  Agriculture and Animal Husbandry  Artisans  Building Construction  Global History and Civics  Military History  Waldo Patent  Land Transaction  Government and Civics  Finance  Boundary or Property Dispute  
People Peirce, Joseph (1745-1828)  Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs; Agriculture; Merchants & Commerce
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859