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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03921 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0085] July-September 1788 |
| Title | William Pierce to Henry Knox informing Knox he has sent him watermelons and muskmelons |
| Date | 1 July 1788 |
| Author | Pierce, William (1740-1789) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Major Pierce informs Knox he sent him "a few Water Melons and two [musk] melons. by Schemmerhorn. They will arrive, I hope, in season to be acceptable." A note on verso underneath the address leaf states, "2 Water Mellions Rotten & 1 [Musk] Mellion." |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Diet and Nutrition Agriculture and Animal Husbandry |
| People | Pierce, William (1740-1789) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Belmont, Georgia |
| Theme | Health & Medicine; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Pierce was a member of the Continental Congress in 1787, a delegate from Georgia to the Federal Convention at Philadelphia in 1787, and an original member and vice president of the Society of the Cincinnati. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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