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to Benjamin Walker

Writes that he was very unhappy to read Walker's recent letter, outlining their friend [William] Duer's poor financial situation. Discusses Duer's situation, as well as a financial transaction between Walker and General [Henry] Jackson. Also...

GLC02437.05358

to Henry Knox

Delayed writing to Knox, in the hopes of being able to tell him news about Mr. [William] Duer or about Madame de Leval. However, he does not have news about either, yet. Writes that General [Henry] Jackson and Mr. [Royal] Flint had to raise Duer's...

GLC02437.05398

to Henry Knox

Writes that he was unable to see Mr. [Royal] Flint about business matters because he was preoccupied by Mr. [Alexander] Macomb. Believes the money General [Henry] Jackson requires has not yet been raised. Describes merchandise Macomb has recently...

GLC02437.05411

to Henry Knox

Apologizes for not fully answering Knox's last letter, but has been preoccupied with the current business crisis in New York: has been trying to save himself from financial ruin. Relates a conversation with Mr. [Royal] Flint about raising the money...

GLC02437.05426

to Benjamin Walker and William Duer

Asks Walker and Duer to reply to his letter concerning his present situation.

GLC02437.05559

to Benjamin Walker

Two parts. First part is addressed to Benjamin Walker and discusses a deed to land. Notes he received Walker's letter pertaining to the St. Lawrence lands. Mentions he has repeatedly asked Duer for copies of several notes but that Duer has been...

GLC02437.05645

to Henry Knox

Swan relates the details of his passage to France. He had planned to avoid conversing with people from Boston, but ran into people he knew aboard ship. Received introductions from French nobility during his passage. Asks for news related to the...

GLC02437.03801

to Henry Knox

Swan has enclosed a plan "advantageous" to both the U.S. and France and wishes Knox to exert his influence over President George Washington and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton to agree to it. Swan also sends "the bankers' letter to me...

GLC02437.04810

to James Swan

Returns Swan's account against John Campbell, "who has been liberated from Goal by an oath of Insolvency & gone to Europe." (Swan had a dispute with Campbell; see GLC02437.03437). Says he does not know what the charges of Colonel [Alexander?]...

GLC02437.03690

to Henry Knox

Swan refers to his attempts to meet with merchants and manufacturers in France. He writes, "The reason why the French in this Quarter, have not been able to sell their manufrs. as low as the English, I saw in a moment,- there is not that invention &...

GLC02437.03830

to James Swan

Thanks him for his last letters. Apologizes for not writing to him about private matters, but alludes to the fact that the custom in Europe (where Swan is) is for the post officers to open the mail, so he did not feel comfortable going into detail....

GLC02437.04068

to Henry Knox

Asks for Knox's help in keeping his friend, General [Jonathan] Titcomb, in office. Writes that General Titcomb led a militia force in the previous war and never received any compensation, and also lost his fortune after the war. His only method of...

GLC02437.04231

to Henry Knox

Discusses his troubles concerning his family estate. Says that financial difficulties will prevent him from settling in the Western Country. Discusses his financial ruin, stating, "in a word, I must look to my Country, a Country that I neither spared...

GLC02437.04446

to Isaiah Thomas

Acknowledges receipt of Thomas's letter of 13 April 1791. Knox writes, "I have always conceived your proposition relative to your note to Mr. Flucker to be [equitable]," and that he himself would not hesitate to accept it. He has written to William...

GLC02437.04931

to Henry Knox

Swan says he wrote Knox letters on 27 December 1790 and 23 and 27 January 1791. Mentions new ministers from France arriving in America. Their primary goal is to address the U.S. debt to France. Discusses how they could find 40 million dollars to pay...

GLC02437.04960

to Henry Knox

Reports that the interest of Thomas Goldthwait in the Penobscot lands came into his hands part by purchase and part by a debt owed to Taylor's father, Nathaniel Taylor. Claims he now owns 1/5 of the township of Frankfort along the Penobscot River....

GLC02437.05845

to Henry Knox

Reminds Knox that he needs a sum of money Knox owes him by 1 June. Declares that if his finances were not tightly arranged, and if his credit were not endangered, Swan would not be so insistent.

GLC02437.06743

to Henry Knox

Ticknor expresses his disappointment in not receiving a "consinement" from Knox "sufficiently large by the 15th ult. [June] to discharge the half of the Note" that Ticknor holds against Knox. Ticknor reminds Knox that "this Note has been due a long...

GLC02437.07433

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox he sent a young gentleman to collect on a note that Knox owes.

GLC02437.07727

to Hepzibah Swan

Writes to Mrs. Hepzibah Swan, wife of his friend James Swan, to discuss money due to her. Mentions dealings with General [Henry] Jackson.

GLC02437.07906

to Israel Thorndike

Unsigned, but handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox. Writes that he received Thorndike's last letter, and though he wished Thorndike could have visited, he was happy Thorndike and his family have arrived at home safely. Discusses his...

GLC02437.07963

to H. Swan

Informs Swan that he was unable to pay back some money and discusses other financial business. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08095

to Hannah Flucker Urquhart Harwood

Marked "copy." Body of the letter and signature in the hand of Robert Pemberton, Knox's aide. Directed to "Mrs. Hannah Urquhart one of the executors of the late Hannah Flucker or other person or persons who may have the payment of the debts due from...

GLC02437.03405

to Henry Knox

Writes that he received Knox's letter from a year ago and would have replied sooner if he had anything interesting to say. He asks Knox to look at a letter he sent to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson regarding a contract for "supplies to the...

GLC02437.04743

to Henry Knox

Describes the status and details of the French settlement in Maine. States, "if we should wish that the french settlement shall be on your Lands, think sir! on the situation of france, you Can not doubt that the Emigration, shall be Considerable...

GLC02437.05772