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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.05139
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0102] September-October 1791 
Title Henry Knox to Samuel Breck reporting that Madame de la Val and Mr. de la Roche want to visit the province of Maine
Date 2 September 1791
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Recipient Breck, Samuel  
Document Type Correspondence; Business and financial document; Land transaction document
Content Description Reports that Madame de la Val and Mr. de la Roche are "respectable emigrants from France [and] are desirous of visiting the province of Maine." They are traveling through Boston for this purpose. Asks Breck to offer civilities to them.
Subjects Revolutionary War General  Immigration and Migration  Refugees  France  Land Transaction  Waldo Patent  Letter of Introduction or Recommendation  Travel  Women of the Founding Era  Women's History  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Breck, Samuel (1747-1809)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme Merchants & Commerce; Women in American History
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859