- GLC#
- GLC02437.04470-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- January 12, 1790
- Author/Creator
- Gorham, Nathaniel, 1738-1796
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 30.4 cm, Width: 18.5 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Asks for Knox's advice concerning the federal assumption of state debt, specifically the states of Massachusetts, Georgia, and North Carolina. Makes his own suggestions, and asks Knox to share it with Alexander Hamilton and others.
Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
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