Bingham, William, 1752-1804 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.07227-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
January 24, 1799
Author/Creator
Bingham, William, 1752-1804
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 25.4 cm, Width: 20.4 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Bingham acknowledges receipt of Knox's letter of 30 December 1798. Bingham sees that Knox has "not as yet made a final arrangement with the Holders of your Notes, - but which I hope will be speedily terminated." Bingham is pleased to know that after Knox pays off his debts, Knox will enjoy a considerable income from his estate. Talks about Knox's timber in Maine and says that regarding the "our lands, which remain to be disposed of," Bingham is "persuaded that my News of effecting a Sale must be confined to Europe." In American, "the Capital is by no means sufficient." Bingham is sure that after war in Europe is over, Europeans will want to invest their money in American lands.

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