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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04169 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0088] March-April 1789 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Hannah Flucker Urquhart Harwood about business plans for Thomas Flucker's estate |
| Date | 8 April 1789 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Harwood, Hannah Flucker Urquhart |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Addressed to his "dear Sister." Mentions that he perused the letters she sent to Lucy Knox earlier in the year. Discusses his actions regarding "her father" Thomas Flucker's estate, especially regarding how favorable the government is to his claims. Comments on the debts "against" the estate, and presents some business plans for the Waldo patent lands. Mentions an agent in England, Thomas Longman. |
| Subjects | Waldo Patent Revolutionary War General Estate Children and Family Women of the Founding Era Women's History Government and Civics Finance Land Transaction |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Harwood, Hannah Flucker Urquhart (fl. 1774-1796) Longman, Thomas (1731-1797) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Agriculture; Merchants & Commerce; Law; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Hannah Flucker was a sister of Lucy Knox. She married for the first time to James Urquhart circa 1774, and then was divorced. She married a second time, to Richard Harwood, circa 1788. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |