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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03183 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0076] September-December 1785 |
| Title | Stephen Sayre to Henry Knox regarding the balance Knox owes for the house he is renting |
| Date | 5 September 1785 |
| Author | Sayre, Stephen (1736-1818) |
| Additional authors | Bleeker, Anthony (fl. 1785) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Writes to ask that if Knox leaves Baron de Poellnitz's house "before any other person appears as his Attorney," he should pay Mr. Anthony Bleeker the balance he owes for rent, as the Baron wants to provides money for his children. On the verso is a note signed by Anthony Bleeker specifying the amount due from Knox. See GLC02437.03172 for a related document. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Land Transaction Finance Law Children and Family |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Sayre, Stephen (1736-1818) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Children & Family; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | May be the widely influential American Patriot Stephen Sayre (1736-1818). The Anthony Bleeker referenced here is likely not the New York lawyer and poet Anthony Bleeker, who was born in 1770. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Letter from Frederick Carl Hans Bruno, Baron von Poellnitz to Henry Knox regarding a house in New York Knox is renting from him Account between Henry Knox and Stephen Sayre as agent for Baron von Poellnitz |