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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04983 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0100] May-June 1791 |
Title | Elbridge Gerry to Henry Knox about a payment for Bank of United States shares |
Date | 10 June 1791 |
Author | Gerry, Elbridge (1744-1814) |
Recipient | Knox, Henry |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Written by Massachusetts Congressman Gerry to Secretary of War Knox. Says he requested 26 shares in the Bank of the United States from Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Cox. Enclosed a $650 bank note "to make the first specie payment." Asks Knox to take care of the payment if something prevents Cox. Says "we are in daily expectation of the Secretary of the Treasury[,] Mr Jefferson &c, but I hear nothing of your intentions to visit Massachusetts." Postscript gives Knox permission to open his letter to Cox if he is absent. |
Subjects | Revolutionary War General Banking Bank of the US Government and Civics Coins and Currency Finance Economics President |
People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Gerry, Elbridge (1744-1814) |
Place written | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Theme | Banking & Economics; Government & Politics |
Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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