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Date Created
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

[Title to Cooper's claim]

15 May 1773

Bradbury, Theophilus, 1739-1803

Outlines the historical basis for the claim [William] Cooper has on lands in the Waldo patent.

GLC02437.09083
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Henry Knox

21 May 1773

West, Benjamin, 1738-1820

Explains that he has recently gone bankrupt. Explains that his creditors seized all the assets in his shop and "scarce left me the necessities of life." Asks Knox for leniency in regard to the money he owes him.

GLC02437.00063
GLC02437.00064
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Henry Knox

21 May 1773

Fowle, Daniel, 1715-1787

Responds to a letter from Knox with an apology for not fully paying a debt. Comments that it is the nature of the business conducted by him and his kinsman, Robert Fowle, "to credit out the chief of it for twelve months--without interest." Also...

GLC02437.00064
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Henry Knox

22 May 1773

Wetmore, William, 1749-1830

Inquires about books. Asks Knox if Wilkins' "Anglo-Saxon Laws" is the latest edition and who the author of the tragedy "Adulateur" is. Wetmore was a lawyer in Salem, Massachusetts.

GLC02437.00065
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Henry Knox

24 May 1773

Emerson, Bulkeley, 1732-1801

Informs Knox that he received an order of magazines and will deliver them. His daughter will bring the payment, for which he requests a receipt. Emerson was a bookseller.

GLC02437.00066
GLC02437.00067
Collection Item
Autograph note signed

to Henry Knox

25 May 1773

Harrod, Benjamin, 1741-1793

Humbly asks Knox for a loan of five or six dollars. Indicates that he will explain the circumstances that brought him to ask in a personal meeting.

GLC02437.00067
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Henry Knox

25 May 1773

Longman, Thomas, 1731-1797

Discusses the settling of a bill and a new order for books. Indicates that he has shipped four trunks of books to Boston. Longman was a London bookseller.

GLC02437.00068
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Henry Knox

1 June 1773

Clarke, Joseph, fl. 1773-1774

Discusses an order for books and quills. Seeks an explanation for the increase in price for a book, Leland's "View of Deistical Writers." Inquires about his request that Knox acquire some snuff for him, even though he knows Knox does not deal in...

GLC02437.00069
GLC02437.00070
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Henry Knox

2 June 1773

Brown, Christopher, fl. 1772-1774

Reports shipment of publications to Knox from Thomas Longman, with Brown writing on Longman's behalf. The new publications Knox purchased are listed at the top of the letter. Longman was a London bookseller.

GLC02437.00070
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Henry Knox

3 June 1773

Emerson, Bulkeley, 1732-1801

Orders ledgers and paper, and comments on a mistake in a previous bill. Emerson was a bookseller.

GLC02437.00072

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