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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05685 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0115] November 1792 |
| Title | William Green to Henry Knox discussing their financial agreement |
| Date | 1 November 1792 |
| Author | Green, William (fl. 1792) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Discusses their financial agreement in great detail. Provides a list of stipulations that will dictate his involvement in the agreement. On page five, includes information copied from a paper given to him by William Duer related to the financial arrangement. In closing, writes, "Respecting myself, I have only to add, that no possible addition to my present means would be a compensation for the loss of the tranquillity and ease of mind which I value above all things. I think I have survived the folly of ambition... If an opportunity [offers] to you of a more advantageous association than mine, you shall never hear one word from me on the subject of the preference." |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Finance Debt Land Transaction Waldo Patent Contract |
| People | Green, William (fl. 1792) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |