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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03923 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0085] July-September 1788 |
| Title | Henry Knox to James Webber regarding debts owed to him |
| Date | 2 July 1788 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Webber, James |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Apparently, Knox is trying to collect money owed to Webber for the sale of goods Webber consigned with various Americans. Discusses financial matters. Knox's brother, William, thinks Webber may have some of his money (Webber looked after William while he was in England, suffering from a bout of mental illness). Reports on other debts owed to him, relating that he even visited [Samuel?] Ogden to obtain payments due, though Ogden is financially unstable because he used paper money. Comments on "the adoption of a new Constitution for the United States which utterly excludes paper money and all such delusions." |
| Subjects | US Constitution Revolutionary War General Finance Debt Merchants and Trade Commerce Children and Family Coins and Currency Government and Civics Politics |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Webber, James (fl. 1783-1797) Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Creating a New Government; Children & Family; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |