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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.04652
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0096] July-September 1790 
Title Benjamin Hichborn to Henry Knox about General Glover wanting to be Collection Officer
Date 15 July 1790
Author Hichborn, Benjamin (1746-1817)  
Recipient Knox, Henry  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Writes on behalf of General [John] Glover who wishes to fill the office of collection officer at Marblehead, Massachusetts. Mentions that a Mrs. Danforth "took herself from earthly trouble yesterday by strangling herself." For Glover's appeal to Knox, refer to GLC02437.04653.
Subjects Revolutionary War General  Women of the Founding Era  Women's History  Suicide  Office Seeker  Finance  Government and Civics  Taxes or Taxation  Commerce  
People Hichborn, Benjamin (1746-1817)  Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Glover, John (1732-1797)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme Government & Politics; Women in American History; Banking & Economics
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859