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to Henry Knox

Brief instructions for book shipment and information about a book being printed. Bayley was a printer, publisher, and composer.

GLC02437.00022

to Henry Knox

Discusses pricing of the Burrows Reports and the Willford Reports, and makes a request for magazines. Putnam was among the Massachusetts merchants stigmatized as Hutchinson "Addresses" for signing addresses to British Governor Thomas Hutchinson when...

GLC02437.00023

to Henry Knox

Rivington thanks Knox for accepting the charge of receiving his newspapers in Boston and delivering them to the subscribers to relieve the burden on the postmaster there. Inquires as to how he can repay Knox for the favor. Asks Knox to send Boston...

GLC02437.00024

to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to engage in a trade deal with "a Gentleman in Boston" who Goodwin has arranged to sell bibles for.

GLC02437.00025

to Henry Knox

Hays, interested in opening a store selling stationery and books in "New Port James," seeks to establish a business relationship with Knox. Asks Knox to occasionally supply him with books. Address mistakenly made out to Daniel Knox.

GLC02437.00026

to Henry Knox

Agrees to pay Knox's 80 percent advance to purchase books, although he thinks it too high. In a post script, asks for books on philosophy and mathematics.

GLC02437.00027

to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to send him French grammar books and French bibles. Sparhawk later became the Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.

GLC02437.00028

to Henry Knox

Requests a subscription for the Lady's Magazine for 1773 for his mother, Eliza Sparhawk, who will pay Knox for it. A post script asks that any reply to this letter be directed to his mother or his brother, Samuel Sparhawk.

GLC02437.00029

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that he received his last order of books and places a new one.

GLC02437.00030

to Henry Knox

Sends payment and requests that Knox send him the books listed. Emerson was a bookseller.

GLC02437.00031

to Henry Knox

Book order for "6 of Baxter's Call." Haven was the pastor of the First Church in Dedham.

GLC02437.00033

to Henry Knox

Indicates that he received Thomas Boylston's bill on Champion & Dickason for two hundred pounds sterling and an order for books. Expresses satisfaction with Knox's rebuttal of earlier accusations about underselling that Longman had heard from Knox's...

GLC02437.00034

to Henry Knox

Order for stationary supplies for Daniel Hopkins in Salem, Massachusetts. Placed by David Hopkins.

GLC02437.00038

to Henry Knox

Places an order on Francis Dana, drawn by George Buckmaster. Also orders books.

GLC02437.00040

to Henry Knox

Places a book order for the "six Vol's of Doddridge on the New Testament." Requests that it be sent to the Reverend Asa Dunbar. Oliver was one of the founders of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Philosophical...

GLC02437.00041

to Henry Knox

Places a book order. Putnam was among the Massachusetts merchants stigmatized for signing addresses to British Governor Thomas Hutchinson when he departed from Massachusetts in 1774.

GLC02437.00043

to Henry Knox

Apologizes for not settling his bill sooner. Knox was then a bookseller in Boston.

GLC02437.00044

to Henry Knox

Places an order for books and magazines, and inquires about inventory and prices. He also inquired about some of these books, including Goldsmith's Deserted Village, in an earlier letter (see GLC02437.00021).

GLC02437.00045

to Henry Knox

Returns a copy of the Nautical Almanac for 1774 because it is missing pages containing calculations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites for the month of May. He wishes to exchange it for a complete one. Oliver one of the founders of the...

GLC02437.00046

to Aaron Hobart

Mentions a meeting with Hobart's father. Discusses the trial held for the discontinuance of the new road and the case of Jenkins vs. Gurney. Mentions the death of Dr. Dunbar and Major Barells. Also, reminds Hobart that the election is near and...

GLC06313.04.018

to Aaron Hobart

Sends a payment for ninety pounds (not included). Cropper, Benson, & Co. was a merchant firm in Liverpool, England.

GLC06313.04.020

to James William Paige

Informs his brother-in-law of a debate in the Senate regarding the 1828 Tariff Bill that proposed to tax certain raw and manufactured materials including molasses and hemp. States that due to disagreements with Southern Senators, several North...

GLC01946.10

to James William Paige

Serving as Massachusetts Senator, Webster informs his brother-in-law that he will be travelling to Baltimore and Annapolis to assist in settling a legal dispute between the Maryland Rail Road and Canal. Asks if "Mrs. Webster and the girls ... talk...

GLC01946.14

to James William Paige

Requests that his brother-in-law send "Remarks on the Federal Land- N.W. of the Ohio- or Memoir on the Federal Lands" to Washington for use in a court case involving the City of Cincinnati. Instructs Paige to send it safely and "without the loss of...

GLC01946.15

to James William Paige

Informs his brother-in-law that the 1832 tariff is before Senate; claims the tariff protects cotton interests, flannels, ingrain and Venetian carpets. Assumes the "Tariff Gentlemen" will likely approve the bill, though much rests on the wish of...

GLC01946.16