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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to William Green

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05680 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 31 October 1792 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.6 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Discusses the financial/land deal involving William Duer, Royal Flint, and Henry Jackson. Says that he cannot sign a release until some of his previous demands are met, which he outlined in a letter to Green on 28 October (GLC02437.05675).

Green, William, fl. 1792
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Duer, William, 1747-1799
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

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