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List of notes regarding various business and payments between William Duer, Henry Knox and William Green. Date previously inferred, written in blue. Noted as a copy.

GLC02437.08660

to William Green

Discusses business transactions dealing with various amounts of money. $20,000 and $5,000 are needed "to complete the payment which will become due in sixty days after the survey shall be notified; and upon the puctuality of which, the validity of...

GLC02437.10254

to William Green

Discusses land business in regards to their agreements with William Duer. Says regardless if Duer decides to hold out, he has no claim against him or Green. Continues to discuss his recent negotiations with Duer and his decision to accept other...

GLC02437.05649

to William Duer

Discusses concerns about an agreement with Mr. [William] Green: "As Mr Green has not to my knowledge any great fixed property in this Country, and as he objects to any guarantee of his bonds, although going abroad, an apprehension is excited in my...

GLC02437.05677

to William Green

Informs Green that he has received his letters and will make a reply once he contacts Mr. Jarvis.

GLC02437.05605

to Henry Knox

Discusses papers he has copied and transcribed for Knox dealing with William Duer, with his opinions on each point.

GLC02437.05619

to Henry Knox

Encloses a release (not included). Asks for his signature for a document related to his business with William Duer. Sends a draft of a reassignment for Knox to browse. Further discusses the business related to Duer, urging Knox to hurry so that...

GLC02437.05670

to Henry Knox

Forwards Knox an edited draft of a memorandum Knox had sent him before (not included). Noted as a copy.

GLC02437.05672

to unknown

Reaffirms his previous offer to secure the payment of $50,000 by three yearly installments. Declares that this arrangement is "unexceptionable." Possibly written to William Duer, as Green adds that he has already written to General Knox on the...

GLC02437.05686

to Henry Knox

Writes that William Durer said he could not address a business matter until he hears from Knox. Green wrote Duer a letter, a copy of which he encloses (not present) along with Duer's answer. Asks for Knox's opinion on the matter.

GLC02437.05707

to Henry Knox

Discusses land deals, financial matters, and legalities on various types of loans. Informs Knox that merchants are not required to provide securities on their credits and if Knox were to look into the matter himself he would find this true....

GLC02437.05628

to William Green

Discusses his current situation in regards to land deals and loan terms. Provides instructions on which payments to the loans should be made and when. Notes he will try to send Green a copy of the agreement. Docketed by Knox.

GLC02437.05630

to Henry Knox

Discusses Knox's current business with William Duer. States that reassignment is essential to their security, and hopes Knox will allow his brother William, or another person in New York, to sign for him in order to speed the matter along.

GLC02437.05666

to William Green

Replies to Green's letter from 25 October (GLC02437.05666). Discusses their financial agreement in detail, stating that if payments are not secured by the times they had previously designated, and if Green is out of the country, Knox's family could...

GLC02437.05675

to [Henry Knox]

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...

GLC02437.05685

to William Green

Thanks Green for his concern for his situation and his family. Discusses their financial arrangement. Writes, "I have no doubt notwithstanding our present difference in opinion that yourself and General Knox will devise some satisfactory mode of...

GLC02437.05687

to Henry Knox

Discusses their financial agreement involving William Duer. Includes information copied from a note written by Duer (for a full copy of the note, refer to GLC02437.05687). Hopes that since Knox cannot travel to Green's location, he will appoint...

GLC02437.05688

to William Green

Responds to an earlier letter he received from Green regarding advancement of payments. Notes the sum of $35,000 that Green has proposed is short than the $39,000 that Knox originally requested. Asks Green to further review the proposition....

GLC02437.05622

to William Duer

Copy of GLC02437.05662. Agreement with Duer where he will sell "all [the] original rights in the province of maine lands," to Knox. Noted as a copy and signature(s) are clipped.

GLC02437.05663

to William Green

Knox terminates his financial arrangement with William Green: "After the most mature deliberations I have been able to give the subject... I am obliged to say that it appears too momentous an enterprize for me, to render myself liable for the payment...

GLC02437.05697

to William Duer

Discusses the termination of his agreement with Henry Knox regarding the Eastern lands. Says he has no objection to giving Duer the bonds for $50,000. Noted as a copy.

GLC02437.05700

to William Green

Discusses business dealings in relation to land.

GLC02437.05711

to Henry Knox

Discusses land business. "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature.

GLC02437.05725

to William Green

Discusses the financial/land deal involving William Duer, Royal Flint, and Henry Jackson. Says that he cannot sign a release until some of his previous demands are met, which he outlined in a letter to Green on 28 October (GLC02437.05675).

GLC02437.05680