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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03984 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0085] July-September 1788 |
| Title | Samuel Ogden to Henry Knox about the British Lord Chancellor on a legal case |
| Date | 8 September 1788 |
| Author | Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Legal document |
| Content Description | Relates the opinion of the British Lord Chancellor on a legal case. Apparently, the Lord Chancellor will grant a perpetual injunction against any suit brought to court in England against an American whose estate was confiscated to pay his debts. Notes this policy "might effect some of [Knox's] claims." Written at Delaware Works, located in what is now Morrisville, Pennsylvania, near Trenton, New Jersey. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Loyalist Law Estate Debt Finance Global History and Civics |
| People | Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron (1731-1806) |
| Place written | Morrisville, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Law; Foreign Affairs |
| 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 |