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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.07329 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0141] September-December 1799 |
| Title | Hepzibah Clarke Swan to Henry Knox regarding the sale of twenty five thousand acres of land |
| Date | 25 November 1799 |
| Author | Swan, Hepzibah Clarke, (1757-1825) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Mrs. Swan tells Knox that the time has come for him to pay heed to the agreement he made with her to "purchase of me the twenty five thousand acres of land which you formerly sold to Genl. Jackson." Mrs. Swan is in great need of the money. She says the sum total of what she is owed is fifty thousand dollars but she would accept less right now "rather than be incumbered with lands which I know not how to manage." |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Land Transaction Finance Debt Contract Waldo Patent |
| People | Swan, Hepzibah Clarke (1757-1825) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | 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 |