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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.07777 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0150] July-December 1802 |
| Title | Joseph Peirce to Henry Knox stating Peirce's desperate need for payment |
| Date | 30 December 1802 |
| Author | Peirce, Joseph (1745-1828) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Responds to Knox's letter (see GLC02437.07776) regarding lack of payment. Apologizes to Knox for pressing him for a payment but stresses that his "commercial existence" depends on the immediate payment of some papers. Notes he will wait for Knox's arrival in Boston, Massachusetts with "anxiety & impatience." |
| Subjects | Business and Finance Finance Debt |
| People | Peirce, Joseph (1745-1828) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| 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 Henry Knox to Joseph Peirce expressing Knox's feeling of humiliation at not being able to pay his debts |