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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.08008
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0157] January-June 1806 
Title Henry Knox to John Gleason on various business matters
Date 17 February 1806
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Recipient Gleason, John  
Document Type Correspondence; Business and financial document
Content Description Writes in response to two of Gleason's previous letters. Reports that the articles a Mr. Bentley ordered will be sent on a vessel in March. Mentions the very "serious" problem of the destruction of the lime store, which he blames on the "carelessness of the coopers." Discusses business with Mr. [possibly Ebenezer] Thatcher and the firm of Alden & Robbins. Provides instructions and commentary on his manufacturing business.
Subjects Business and Finance  Commerce  Industry  Artisans  
People Gleason, John (fl. 1796-1811)  Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Thatcher, Ebenezer (1778-1841)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme Merchants & Commerce; Industry; Naval & Maritime
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859