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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.06817
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0131] July-September 1796 
Title Henry Knox to George Ulmer on the loss of shipping spars bought for a frigate
Date 14 September 1796
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Recipient Ulmer, George  
Document Type Correspondence; Business and financial document
Content Description Writes that he received Ulmer's letter. Declares that the news of the loss of the spars is mortifying, since he just hired a vessel to take a shipment of them to Philadelphia. Does not know, now, whether there will be a sufficient load to ship. Is sending Mr. [possibly John] Gleason to determine this. Asks Ulmer to make sure that only "perfectly formed spars" make it on board the ship, and asks him to oversee the endeavor.
Subjects Navy  Industry  Merchants and Trade  Commerce  Building Construction  Maritime  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Ulmer, George (1756-1825)  Gleason, John (fl. 1796-1811)  
Place written Thomaston, Maine
Theme Naval & Maritime; Merchants & Commerce; Industry
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859