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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.05054
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0101] July-August 1791 
Title Henry Knox to John Hills regarding a potential route for a canal from the Connecticut River to Boston
Date 6 July 1791
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Recipient Hills, John  
Document Type Correspondence; Land transaction document
Content Description Written by Knox as Secretary of War to Captain Hills who was surveying a potential route for a canal from the Connecticut River to Boston. References Hills's letter of 29 June. Tells him if he needs money to go to Joseph Peirce near "the Town house Boston." Says he will get 100 dollars when he shows Peirce this letter. Says he wrote to Hills on 2 July. Bottom of letter says that Hills was surveying near the Charles River and that this letter was put in the care of General Hull at Newton, Massachusetts.
Subjects Revolutionary War General  Surveying  Canals  Infrastructure  Commerce  Transportation  Finance  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Hills, John (fl. 1771-1796)  Hull, William (1753-1825)  Peirce, Joseph (1748-1812)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme Industry; Merchants & Commerce
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859