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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.10284 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0119] July-September 1793 |
| Title | Henry Knox to unknown about taxes on the Waldo patent and the fever |
| Date | 7 September 1793 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Discusses financial situation in regards to taxes and the Waldo patent, a tract of land Knox inherited by marriage in present-day Maine. Mentions possibly making a trip out to the patent, but is uncertain whether or not he will be able to go and that he "would greatly prefer the addition to Voses house but ... know[s] not whether he can get another, neither [does he] know whether it would be agreable [sic] to him." Writes that "[t]he malignant fever ... continues to spread and desolate ... " Watermarked "J Watt & C Patent Copying/Sold By J Woodmason/London." Letterpress copy. |
| Subjects | Waldo Patent Land Transaction Finance Taxes or Taxation Building Construction Yellow Fever Epidemic Health and Medical |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |