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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03086 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0074] January-April 1785 |
| Title | Nathaniel Fales to Henry Knox asking for permission to continue burning lime in a kiln |
| Date | 14 January 1785 |
| Author | Fales, Nathaniel (1727-1797) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Asks for permission to continue burning lime in a kiln he built, apparently on land he bought from Thomas Flucker, Knox's father-in-law. Writes, "I am gratly regoyst to hear your honer thinkes of coming to live amonst us which I beleve will be much for your entrest and a grat blesen to the inhabitants... i have don the best i cold to rase the credit of your Lime..." |
| Subjects | Death Estate Industry Commerce Finance |
| People | Fales, Nathaniel (1727-1797) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Flucker, Thomas (1719-1783) |
| Place written | Thomaston, Maine |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Industry |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |