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- GLC#
- GLC02437.05031-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 26 June 1791
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to William Duer
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 22.7 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Knox signs with his initials. Is glad Royal Flint is in Boston. Says Flint has written to Duer on the progress of their negotiations, "which appears to be good." Knox says he wrote to Jackson about the boundaries of the purchase. Says "if they can execute the advice I have given they will do well." Wonders if he will see Duer soon, and calls Duer "a terrible correspondent." Thanks him for accepting bills. Is concerned about provisions on the frontier and says about 2,500 troops are marching to Ohio. Perhaps in reference to his land dealings, writes, "Charleston South Carolina subscribed one thousand shares..."
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