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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00510 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0016] January-April 1777 |
| Title | Elihu Hall to Henry Knox about Lucy Knox's accommodation and possible damages and drinking she did while staying |
| Date | 2 January 1777 |
| Author | Hall, Elihu (b. 1755) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Informs Knox that he put Lucy Knox and Mrs. Pollard up in his house when they could not find anywhere else to stay in New Haven. He did not know them, but had heard Knox himself was honorable, so let the women stay for a month while he was away. When the called him back to New Haven "to come & settle" he discovered that a number of things in his house had been broken. Someone had also drank "twenty five gallons Best west India Rum." Hall says he does not know for sure who drank the liquor or did the damage, but implies it was the women. Even if it was not he feels they were responsible for the house, and should be held accountable, but they refused to pay. Expects Knox to "settle the affair honorably" once he returns. The postscript mentions Lucy's troubles leaving town in her carriage due to heavy snow. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Women's History Alcohol Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Finance Transportation |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Hall, Elihu (b. 1755 |
| Place written | Wallingford, Connecticut |
| Theme | Women in American History |
| 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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