5 April 1783

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Broadside

Title: The Royal Gazette Extraordinary

Published by James Rivington. Preliminary articles of the Treaty of Paris as found in reports from English newspapers arriving on the ship "Vigilant". Lists John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and Henry Laurens as the Commissioners of the United States present at the negotiations, and Richard Oswald as the Commissioner for Great Britain. Text laid out in 4 columns.

GLC04853

15 May 1773

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Explains that during a visit with Col. Oliver, Mr. Quincy, and Mr. Williams, Knox's name came up as a potential business contact in Boston. Proposes to have Knox advertise some medicine and books that Rivington would like to sell. An inventory of the items appears on the second page. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760.

GLC02437.00062

January 15, 1773

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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 newspapers to him in New York. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer.

GLC02437.00024

16 July 1783

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Rivington, the New York printer and bookseller, signs in text. Mentions Knox's previous request for a copy of Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations." Forwards his only copy, which Knox can keep or return. The 2 volumes cost £2.5 sterling. Says no advance on them is requested.

GLC02437.02296

6 December 1793

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Asks for a copy of the account they had between them when Knox was still in the book business. Believes Knox can help him get £247.10.0 for 275 pounds of Hyson Tea that was delivered in 1774. Notes he was in London at the time and has since lost track of the transaction, but he heard that Knox delivered the tea "to some person in Boston" at the command of the colonel of the 26th Regiment. Recipient not listed, however, base on the content of the letter the recipient is likely Henry Knox.

GLC02437.05987

December 1789

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Manuscript document

Title: [Knox's account]

Lists charges for books to the account by date, 30 September 1789 - 2 December 1789. Books include "Clarke's Vigetius," probably John Clarke's translation of Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus's book, Epitoma rei militaris. Also includes James Hampton's translation of Polybius's History; Charles Forster Smith's translation of Thucydides; one Marine Dictionary; "Lloyd on War" (likely Henry Lloyd's book, The history of the late war in Germany...); and "Fergusons Society," likely Adam Ferguson's Essay on the History of Civil Society.

GLC02437.04424

1786

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Manuscript document

Title: [Bill]

Bill for Henry Knox from James Rivington for about £20.

GLC02437.08598

6 April 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Details of arrangements to have Knox advertise and sell Rivington's books. Discusses the children's book he was printing (also see GLC02437.00128). Proposes arrangements to have Knox sell other books. An inventory at the top of the letter lists books sent to Knox. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer.

GLC02437.00135

8 April 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Indicates that he has enclosed a print that he wants Paul Revere to engrave immediately. Explains that he needs the engraving for a fold-out in a copy of Cook's Voyage he is printing. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer.

GLC02437.00136

11 April 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to forward letters to the surgeon and apothecary John Manning, along with a draft against him. Rivington previously asked for Manning's address (see GLC02437.00131). Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer.

GLC02437.00137

20 April 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Sends Knox pamphlets which he believes Knox does not have and will be of interest to his customers. Mentions that he has printed a letter to John Hancock in Rivington's New-York Gazetteer and would provide the opportunity for any of Hancock's friends to reply to it. Sent a print for Paul Revere to make an engraving. Hancock was then a Boston selectman and member of the General Court. The letter was possibly a response to Hancock's general anti-British stance or his recent Massacre Day Oration, given in March 1774. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in…

GLC02437.00138

20 June 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Suggests collecting payment from Knox's subscribers to Rivington's New-York Gazetteer, since they have had it a year. Requests a list of subscribers to Cook's Voyage, which Rivington was printing. Asks Knox to forward to New York any news Boston receives from England, and comments generally about news dissemination. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer.

GLC02437.00156

26 June 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Requests that Knox buy and send him soap. Also asks Knox to write him a letter describing the state of things in Boston; at the time, the British had just passed the Intolerable Acts, including the Boston Port Bill, which closed Boston Harbor on 1 June 1774. Suggests that committees in New York and Philadelphia will urge payment for the tea, possibly referring to either the tea tax or the tea destroyed at the Boston Tea Party. He believes such an action "will go a great way towards a conciliation of these unhappy Distractions." Congratulates Knox on his marriage. Indicates that he will…

GLC02437.00157

26 June 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Indicates that Dr. Morewood, who has been appointed by Dr. Norton to distribute Maredants Drops, seeks an agent for distribution in Boston. Rivington has recommended Knox. Also asks him to collect money from subscribers to his newspaper, Rivington's New-York Gazetteer. Morewood sent a letter to Knox on 26 June 1774 (see GLC02437.00158). Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760.

GLC02437.00159

25 July 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses various issues related to their business dealings. Comments on collecting fees from subscribers to Rivington's New-York Gazetteer. Mentions that he will discuss Knox's terms for business with Dr. Morewood (see GLC024137.00158). Orders soap and printer's ink. Comments on some shipments and delays. Remarks that "all our eyes are fixed upon" the religious conflict between Episcopalians and Presbyterians in Massachusetts that was preventing the "harmony which ought to take place of every other Consideration in this critical State of American Liberty." Mentions the regiment of the…

GLC02437.00169

28 July 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that the regiment of Royal Welch Fusiliers has embarked from New York to Boston, and that he has recommended them to Knox's shop. Having heard that Hyson tea was scarce in Boston, Rivington indicates that he has sent four chests of it to Knox and asks him to sell it. The tea will be transported by Captain Horsfall of the Fusiliers. Reports that a large shipment of tea and silk has come into New York from the Island of Ascention, where a New York vessell met up with a ship from the East India Company; on the way back to New York, the ship had "found means to elude all Enquiry…

GLC02437.00171

15 August 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Asks him to sell his excess tea, and gives details for the transaction. Indicates that a much larger quantity of the tea he sent is already on its way to Boston. Tells him to work with James Seagrove to sell the additional tea. Thanks him for selling his newspaper, Rivington's New-York Gazetteer. Vouches for the honor and integrity of the "Gallant Royals of Wales," British troops on their way to Boston. Congratulates Knox on his recent marriage to Lucy Flucker. The third page is a note to Dr. Goldthwais, in which Rivington authorizes the release of his money to Knox, and in turn, asks…

GLC02437.00178

29 September 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Thanks Knox for their business relationship. In regard to the (illegal) tea Rivington sent Knox to sell, Rivington comments: "I fancy you had much rather I had not sent an article so much out of your way of Business." If Knox has not sold it, Rivington instructs him to forward the tea and an enclosed letter to James Seagrove and Mr. Palfrey. Also mentions that Cook's Voyage will soon be printed and sent to Knox to sell. For earlier correspondence pertaining to the contraband tea see GLC02437.00171 and GLC02437.00178. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America…

GLC02437.00181

2 October 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to send a copy of John Hancock's Massacre Day Oration from March 1774 under a blank paper cover, because Rivington has an immediate use for the speech commemorating the Boston Massacre. Also regquests a single copy of any well-written pamphlet or book from Boston on the subject of the American dispute with the British. Rivington will print it in New York "whilst it shall be quite new to our readers in this province." Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer.

GLC02437.00182

15 October 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to send him printing ink immediately. Discusses the contraband tea Knox is selling for him (see also GLC02437.00171, GLC02437.00178, and GLC02437.00181). Indicates that his home is open to Knox and his wife if they travel to the New York region. On the second page is a note and receipt for Dr. M.B. Goldthwait, which Rivington hopes will "produce the balance due to me." Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer.

GLC02437.00184

19 November 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Indicates that he is in desperate need of printing ink and wants Knox to procure it for him. Discusses pricing for Rivington's edition of Lord Chesterfield's Letters, asking Knox to find purchasers immediately because the resolutions for non-importation issued by the first Continental Congress will soon take effect. Mentions that a fire and legislative action have caused a delay in a lottery Knox had a ticket for. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer.

GLC02437.00187

December 1, 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Tells Knox that he has sent loyalist pamphlets to his friend Mr. Bates, the "Burser of the Swan man of war" which will set sail for Boston on 2 December 1774. Explains that he did not send them directly to Knox because Knox's friends "on the patriot interest, may be greatly disgusted at your distributing them." But since Knox has shown interest in selling them, Rivington will furnish him with such pamphlets. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer.

GLC02437.00188

January 21, 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Claims that he has no business relationship with Edes & Gill, and that he sent them none of the Keysey pills he sent to Knox. He leaves it to Knox "to take the proper methods of rendering them saleable." Orders books. States that he has placed an ad in his newspaper for Knox, and asks if he can help him in any other way. Asks if Knox sells fiddles and tells Knox to inform him when he needs additional pills. In regard to the Susquehanna Claim, Rivington indicates that he has sent information about the "Pennsylvania Examination into the Claim of Connecticut on the Subject of their…

GLC02437.00120

February 6, 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to advertise a book coming out in the Spring in the Boston-area newspapers. Also asks him to advertise Keysey Pills, which Rivington had made earlier arrangements for Knox to sell (see GLC02437.00062 and GLC02437.00120). Mentions that he is printing Harvey's "Meditations Among the Tombs," asks if Knox would like copies to sell, and discusses pricing. Discusses possible business arrangements for the sale of other books. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer.

GLC02437.00122

17 March 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses their business relationship. Asks Knox to have Paul Revere send him the prices of engraving plates titled the Storm and the Head. Asks if Knox wants his named placed in books Rivington was printing and indicates that he is sending some books to Knox. Mentions that he is printing children's books and discusses possible orders and pricing for the books. Gives text of an advertisement for books he wants Knox to place in the newspapers. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer.

GLC02437.00128