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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Samuel Hodgdon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06806 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 August 1796 Pagination: 6 p. : docket ; Height: 30.6 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Writes that he was unable to respond sooner to Hodgdon as he was traveling with Mr. [William] Bingham. Discusses in great detail the judgment of the Bank of Pennsylvania against their associate Mr. [George] Meade (he spells it "Mead"), which has pushed Hodgdon's finances into danger. Mentions a recently concluded business deal with Mr. Alexander Baring, and money he received from that. Considers Mr. Hodgdon's options to salvage his finances.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Bingham, William, 1752-1804
Meade, George, 1741-1808
Baring, Alexander, 1774-1848

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