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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04980 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0100] May-June 1791 |
| Title | Henry Knox to William Duer about Ogden relinquishing a land claim, land purchases and taxes |
| Date | 8 June 1791 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Duer, William |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Written by Secretary of War Knox to Duer. Marked "Secret." After receiving William Constable's answer, says that Samuel Ogden will write to the commissioners of Massachusetts "relinquishing any claim on the eastern lands." Knox says he told Ogden "if he relinquished and we purchased that he should have a handsome quantity without any advance." Says the eastern lands are exempt from taxes by law for 10 years. 20 families are to be settled on each township in 5 years. Says Henry Jackson will arrive tomorrow evening at the latest. Asks him to send the declaration that Duer, Constable, and Platt signed. |
| Subjects | Waldo Patent Revolutionary War General Land Transaction Boundary or Property Dispute Finance Government and Civics Law Taxes or Taxation Immigration and Migration |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Duer, William (1747-1799) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Agriculture; Merchants & Commerce; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |