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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.07326 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0141] September-December 1799 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Daniel Davis on land sales and the lumber trade |
| Date | 10 November 1799 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Davis, Daniel |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Knox has received Davis's letter of November 6, "but has not had time to have prepared and executed power of attorney for the sale of Mrs. Knox's lands." He says he business with Mr. Bridge requires "good faith." Discusses the Duck pond lands. Knox needs his wife's land sold for cash that he badly needs. Tells Davis that his European merchants would surely be interested in his "excellent grey and yellow oak lumber which has been seasoned in the fall water for three years." |
| Subjects | Waldo Patent Land Transaction Finance Debt Women's History Overseas Trade Commerce Merchants and Trade Industry Forestry |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Davis, Daniel (1762-1835) |
| Place written | Thomaston, Maine |
| Theme | Law; Women in American History; Merchants & Commerce; Foreign Affairs; Industry |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |