Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to William Bingham and William Duer

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GLC#
GLC02437.05937-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1 October 1793
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
to William Bingham and William Duer
Place Written
Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Pagination
4 p. : docket ; Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 19.7 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Pages one-three contain a letter to William Bingham. Page 4 has a letter to William Duer. There is only one signature, at the end of the Duer letter. Describes his trip to Elizabethtown. Tells Bingham that Mr. Baucel, the agent to Monsieur D'Espremenil, was waiting when he arrived. Goes into the details of the quid pro quo that Duer offered to D'Espremenil (for background see GLC02437.05930). Believes the arrangement is beneficial to Bingham's interest. Reports "The fever in Philadelphia has not abated, but I do not find any dead recently whose name I am acquainted with." References receiving Duer's letter of 26 September. Reports that he wrote to Bingham and recommended the arrangement to him. Knox hopes for success.

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