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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.05964
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0120] October-December 1793 
Title James Sullivan and Thomas Russell to Henry Knox about canal building
Date 9 November 1793
Author Sullivan, James (1744-1808)  
Additional authors Russell, Thomas (1749-1796)
Recipient Knox, Henry  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Written and signed by Sullivan and Thomas Russell; they are writing as an appointed committee of the Middlesex Canal Company. Notes they are pleased Knox is friendly toward their plan. They want to know when John Hills "can attend to our business, and the terms he will engage on." They would also like a recommendation of a man "who is skilled in the business of Canalling, who can point us to the place where, under all Circumstances, the Canal ought to be cut." Mentions hearing of such a person who recently came to America at the invitation of Mr. Morris and that he is now in Philadelphia. Asks Knox to inquire after this person.
Subjects Revolutionary War General  Canals  Infrastructure  Finance  Surveying  Letter of Introduction or Recommendation  
People Sullivan, James (1744-1808)  Russell, Thomas (1749-1796)  Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme Science, Technology, Invention; Merchants & Commerce
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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