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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03657 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0081] July-September 1787 |
| Title | Samuel Ogden to Henry Knox wishing for a visit and discussing land |
| Date | 8 September 1787 |
| Author | Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Wishes Knox could visit, with Lucy and the children, before Knox goes "to the Eastward." Notes that 150 acres of the land they had previously looked at is available for 2,000 Lbs. Hopes to take ten acres for 300 Lbs. Written at Delaware Works, located in what is now Morrisville, Pennsylvania, near Trenton, New Jersey. |
| Subjects | Land Transaction Revolutionary War General Finance |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810) |
| Place written | Morrisville, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Agriculture; Merchants & Commerce; Women in American History; Children & Family |
| 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 Ogden about a land sale |