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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.03946
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0085] July-September 1788 
Title Diego Gardoqui y Arriquibar to Henry Knox seeking Knox's advice on what books to buy
Date 24 July 1788
Author Gardoqui y Arriquibar, Diego (1735-1798)  
Recipient Knox, Henry  
Document Type Correspondence; Business and financial document
Content Description Gardoqui writes, "A Lover of literature in our Spanish America desires me to send him such Books [as] are good & worth reading..." Seeks Knox's advice on what books to buy. Docket indicates that this letter was written 24 July 1786; a pencil note at the top of page one indicates the year as 1788. Docket states that this letter is from "D D de Gardoqui."
Subjects Revolutionary War General  Global History and Civics  Latin and South America  Literature and Language Arts  Book Selling  Liberty  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Gardoqui y Arriquibar, Diego (1735-1798)  
Theme Merchants & Commerce; Arts & Literature
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Additional Information Gardoqui was a Spanish merchant and diplomat.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859