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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.07013 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0134] May-August 1797 |
| Title | Bon-Albert Briois de Beaumez to Henry Knox on starting a business in Calcutta |
| Date | 8 August 1797 |
| Author | Beaumez, Bon-Albert Briois de (1759-ca. 1809) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Writes to Knox about his plans to start a business here in Calcutta, and notes that this idea was "formed with the concurrence of my Wise counsellor [sic] Mrs. B - " who is presumably his wife, Sarah Lyons Flucker Beaumez. Continues on to discusses the potential of this business and the logistics in setting it up and running it. |
| Subjects | Commerce Merchants and Trade Marriage India Women's History Finance |
| People | Beaumez, Bon-Albert Briois de (1759-ca. 1809) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Calcutta, India |
| Theme | Foreign Affairs; Merchants & Commerce; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | B. Beaumez, the husband of Sarah Lyons Flucker Beaumez, is most likely Bon-Albert Briois de Beaumez (also spelled "Beaumetz"), a travelling companion of Talleyrand and former President of the French National Constituent Assembly. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Postscript from a letter to Henry Knox [incomplete] |