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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00773 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0021] June-December 1779 |
| Title | William Knox to Henry Knox discussing financial and business plans |
| Date | 8 July 1779 |
| Author | Knox, William (1756-1795) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Makes financial plans before embarking for Holland on a business venture. Encloses an inventory of "the stock on hand, which amounts nearly to as much sterling as it did upon my taking it after returning from the Army ... " Informs Knox he has only one outstanding debt, and William cannot locate the person with the account (William was in charge of much of Knox's business while Knox served in the military). Declares, " ... we are nearly six hundred pounds... richer than we were when I left the army, which I think it doing tolerably well considering the Capitol we had to begin with ... " Intends to send Knox a list of furniture that arrived for him from Marlborough, [Massachusetts]. Reports that his voyage has been delayed until the end of the Penobscot Expedition. Has heard, from Samuel Adams, of a ship leaving immediately for Europe bearing dispatches of Revolutionary affairs in Charleston, South Carolina. Thanks Knox for letters of introduction Knox procured for his brother's trip to Europe, including letters from Baron von Steuben. Reports on British movements in the east, including their establishment of "little Indian Houses with all kinds of trinkets, as a temptation for the Indians to join them for twenty miles from Penobscot." |
| Subjects | American Indian History Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Merchants and Trade Commerce Finance Debt Home Furnishings Travel Global History and Civics Canada Maritime Letter of Introduction or Recommendation Military History |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Knox, William (1756-1795) Adams, Samuel (1722-1803) Von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand (1730-1794) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Merchants & Commerce; Naval & Maritime; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |