Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Samuel Hodgdon

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GLC#
GLC02437.06806-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
30 August 1796
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
to Samuel Hodgdon
Place Written
Thomaston, Maine
Pagination
6 p. : docket ; Height: 30.6 cm, Width: 18.8 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

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.

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