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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.05994
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0120] October-December 1793 
Title Henry Knox to Thomas Longman about the Flucker estate [copy]
Date 15 December 1793
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Recipient Longman, Thomas  
Document Type Correspondence; Business and financial document
Content Description Later copy. References Longman's letter of 1 August. Is sorry to hear Longman is having so much trouble with the Flucker estate. Says "I have it the most speedy way to terminate the affair to assign to Mrs Harwood the legacy left to Mrs Knox by her uncle, in condition of her relinquishing certain lands. this business accordingly is put into a train of execution." Is sending Longman the first of 11 bills of exchange, each for 1,000 guilders. Believes each bill should be about 1,000 pounds sterling. Thanks Longman for his patience. Says "it is with extreme inconvenience that I pay so heavy an [arrear] for property destroyed by events which I could no more control than I could the great operations of nature ... I mean the late war." Says he was not seeking money, but satisfaction. Believes the balance he will furnish Longman is £400.
Subjects Revolutionary War General  Estate  Children and Family  Women's History  Finance  Land Transaction  Wartime Pillaging and Destruction  Revolutionary War  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Longman, Thomas (1731-1797)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme Children & Family; Merchants & Commerce; The American Revolution; Banking & Economics
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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