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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04063 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0086] October-December 1788 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Alexander Hamilton about buying land around St. Lawrence |
| Date | 28 December 1788 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Hamilton, Alexander |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Asks for Hamilton's help if he is traveling to Albany. Is a purchaser, with Hamilton and others, of lands around the St. Lawrence River, the patents for which lands have been taken out of the Land Office in the name of Alexander Macomb. Aside from lands purchased by the state, certain portions of the land picked by a group led by General [Philip] Schuyler were to be paid for by Knox and several others. Would like Hamilton to determine how much Knox needs to pay and to whom he should direct the payment. |
| Subjects | Economics Land Transaction Revolutionary War General Contract Finance Government and Civics |
| People | Hamilton, Alexander (ca. 1757-1804) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Macomb, Alexander (1748-1831) Schuyler, Philip John (1733-1804) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |