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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.06872 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0132] October-December 1796 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Samuel Hodgdon regarding a ruined shipment of corn and financial difficulties with the bank |
| Date | 28 November 1796 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Hodgdon, Samuel |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Reports that he has received Hodgdon's shipment, and unfortunately the corn in it was inedible and "infected with the weavil [sic]." Believes he will not suffer too badly from the loss, however. Mentions that he and Henry Jackson are faced with financial difficulties with the bank, and discusses the bank in some detail. |
| Subjects | Finance Banking Diet and Nutrition Merchants and Trade Commerce Agriculture and Animal Husbandry |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Hodgdon, Samuel (1745-1824) Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) Francis, Tench (1730-1800) |
| Place written | Thomaston, Maine |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Naval & Maritime; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |