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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04371 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0091] September-October 1789 |
| Title | Nathaniel Gorham to Henry Knox about Gorham's need for an agent |
| Date | 29 September 1789 |
| Author | Gorham, Nathaniel (1738-1796) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses the difficulties he is having in finding an agent. Mentions asking Rufus Putnam, but he "is so taken up with his Ohio concerns that I cannot prevail on him to undertake it." Has also tried to ask the surveyor, a Mr. DeWit, but he also cannot do the job. Is attempting to contact others to be present "at the runing [sic] the line" (perhaps drawing of land boundaries) in order to prevent any future land disputes. Asks Knox to help and "inform the President of the steps I have taken - As I came from home with only two shirts & very little money in my pocket & without the least idea of coming thus far Mrs. Gorham will think I am lost." Stamped "Albany" twice, overlapping each other. Signer of the U.S. Constitution. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Surveying Land Transaction Boundary or Property Dispute Frontiers and Exploration Westward Expansion Immigration and Migration President Women of the Founding Era Women's History Travel Northwest Territory |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Gorham, Nathaniel (1738-1796) Putnam, Rufus (1738-1824) |
| Place written | Albany, New York |
| Theme | Creating a New Government; Government & Politics; Merchants & Commerce; Agriculture; Westward Expansion; Women in American History; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Signer of the U.S. Constitution. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |