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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00135 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0008] January-April 1774 |
| Title | James Rivington to Henry Knox about bookselling |
| Date | 6 April 1774 |
| Author | Rivington, James (1724-1802) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Details of arrangements to have Knox advertise and sell Rivington's books. Discusses the children's book he was printing (also see GLC02437.00128). Proposes arrangements to have Knox sell other books. An inventory at the top of the letter lists books sent to Knox. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer. |
| Subjects | Merchants and Trade Commerce Children and Family Journalism Book Selling |
| People | Rivington, James (1724-1802) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Letter from James Rivington to Henry Knox about business matters |