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5 April 1773
Saltonstall, Nathaniel, 1746-1815
to Henry Knox
Sends the payment owed to Knox (see GLC02437.00044) and a requests a copy of Shebbear's Practice of Physick.
GLC02437.00048
8 April 1773
Clarke, Joseph, fl. 1773-1774
Understands that Knox has not received works by Goldsmith that Clarke has requested (see GLC02437.00021 and GLC02437.00045). Makes a new request for Hume's Essays. Asks for his books to be packed and delivered carefully and discretely, because the...
GLC02437.00050
12 April 1773
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820
Lists books he would like to purchase and indicates that he has sent twelve dollars to be credited to his account. Asks to be informed of books that come in from London in the Spring.
GLC02437.00052
25 April 1773
Miller, William, fl. 1773
Asks Knox to edit a magazine subscription so that it is sent to William Morland instead of himself, William Miller.
GLC02437.00055
3 May 1773
Inquiries about a book order, giving some delivery instructions.
GLC02437.00058
13 May 1773
Hopkins, David, fl. 1773
Orders stationary.
GLC02437.00061
21 May 1773
Fowle, Daniel, 1715-1787
Responds to a letter from Knox with an apology for not fully paying a debt. Comments that it is the nature of the business conducted by him and his kinsman, Robert Fowle, "to credit out the chief of it for twelve months--without interest." Also...
GLC02437.00064
25 May 1773
Harrod, Benjamin, 1741-1793
Humbly asks Knox for a loan of five or six dollars. Indicates that he will explain the circumstances that brought him to ask in a personal meeting.
GLC02437.00067
2 June 1773
Brown, Christopher, fl. 1772-1774
Reports shipment of publications to Knox from Thomas Longman, with Brown writing on Longman's behalf. The new publications Knox purchased are listed at the top of the letter. Longman was a London bookseller.
GLC02437.00070
12 August 1773
Longman, Thomas, 1731-1797
Two letters on a single page. The first part is a copy of Longman's 16 June 1773 letter (see GLC02437.00075), which discusses the settling of a bill, an order for books, and the delay caused by a Captain Lyde, who would not be sailing when he told...
GLC02437.00074
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