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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC02437.05078
From Archive Folder	The Henry Knox Papers [0101] July-August 1791
Title	Henry Knox to Joseph Peirce providing a summary of Peirce's accounts
Date	21 July 1791
Author	Knox, Henry (1750-1806)
Recipient	Peirce, Joseph
Document Type	Correspondence; Business and financial document; Land transaction document
Content Description	References a letter from Peirce but does not provide a date. Encloses a summary of his accounts as Peirce requested. Gives what information he can, but says his papers are divided between the town and the country. Claims he took no receipts of Harrison Gray Otis or Mr. Sherburne (John Samuel Sherburne of New Hampshire). Makes reference to taxes and charges owed by Mr. Copeland, Isaac Winslow, and Captain [Thomas] Vose. Tells Peirce the ten proprietors must be satisfied. Hopes the information he has given will help him settle his accounts. Tells him he can get more vouchers if necessary. Hopes "that the dividend be made immediately and also that the deeds be completed." Docketed by Knox. Date taken from docket. Place not listed, however, another letter (GLC02437.05077) written on the same day places Knox in Philadelphia.
Subjects	Revolutionary War General Finance Debt Taxes or Taxation Estate Land Transaction Banking Contract Waldo Patent
People	Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Peirce, Joseph (1745-1828)
Place written	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme	Merchants & Commerce; Law; Banking & Economics
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 Henry Knox to Thomas Randall on financial and family matters

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