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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.03690
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0082] October-December 1787 
Title Henry Knox to James Swan returning his account
Date 30 October 1787
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Recipient Swan, James  
Document Type Correspondence; Business and financial document
Content Description Returns Swan's account against John Campbell, "who has been liberated from Goal by an oath of Insolvency & gone to Europe." (Swan had a dispute with Campbell; see GLC02437.03437). Says he does not know what the charges of Colonel [Alexander?] Hamilton are on this business, but will let Swan know when he finds out. Supports the new Constitution, and believes it will be adopted ultimately. Adds, "Should Massachusetts & the other Eastern states embrace it eagerly much evil would be avoided." Date from docket.
Subjects US Constitution  Ratification  Revolutionary War General  Debt  Finance  Prisoner  Oath  Law  Immigration and Migration  Federalists  Government and Civics  Politics  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Swan, James (1754-1831)  
Theme Creating a New Government; Banking & Economics
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Related documents Acknowledgment of legal counsel in case of James Swan v. John Campbell