- GLC#
- GLC02437.06875-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 2, 1796
- Author/Creator
- Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 24.4 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Reports of a possible business venture in a foreign island (name is illegible, but it may be "Curacao"). According to the Consul there, the island is in great need of lumber for spars and masts, which Knox is selling. Encourages him to pursue the opportunity.
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