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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05140 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0102] September-October 1791 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Benjamin Walker on a sale of land to Madame de la Val and Mr. de la Roche |
| Date | 2 September 1791 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Walker, Benjamin |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Claims it is not from inattention that he has delayed responding to Walker's letter of 20 August. Reports that he was struck with a "unremitting fever & have just been able to be abroad." Agrees with him about selling lands and claims he is "expecting some plan from Mr. Duer for that object." Says that Duer will send him the provisional agreement to sell the lands to Madame de la Val and Mr. de la Roche. Mentions it is very important to get them to travel from New York to Boston in order to see the lands "and make the establishment before the Winter sets in." |
| Subjects | France Land Transaction Waldo Patent Contract Finance Travel Women of the Founding Era Women's History Letter of Introduction or Recommendation Revolutionary War General Health and Medical Immigration and Migration Disease Refugees |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Walker, Benjamin (1753-1818) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Women in American History; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |