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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04154 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0088] March-April 1789 |
| Title | Samuel Ogden to Henry Knox about iron for Shaw's ship |
| Date | 23 March 1789 |
| Author | Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses an order for iron from Mr. Parkman for [Samuel] Shaw's ship and comments that he needs to acquire more iron "of the first quality." Asks if Knox can find out for him where he might get some. Also asks some questions about Congress. Written at Delaware Works, located in what is now Morrisville, Pennsylvania, near Trenton, New Jersey. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Industry Maritime Commerce |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810) |
| Place written | Morrisville, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Industry; Government & Politics; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | For a discussion of Delaware Works and Morrisville, refer to W. W. H. (William Watts Hart) Davis, History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, from the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Henry Knox to Samuel Parkman about iron |