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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00155 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0009] May-June 1774 |
| Title | List of books from James Rivington for Henry Knox to sell |
| Date | 15 June 1774 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Additional authors | Rivington, James (1724-1802) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Rivington provides a list of books he has sent to Knox to sell. Mentions other books he was printing. Asks for a list of subscribers Knox has procured, possibly for Rivington's New-York Gazetteer or an edition of Cook's Voyage Rivington was printing. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer. Signed on docket page by Knox stating, "Recd only a doz of the within/ H Knox." |
| Subjects | Book Selling Merchants and Trade Commerce Printing |
| People | Rivington, James (1724-1802) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |