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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.07759
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0150] July-December 1802 
Title Instructions from Henry Knox to Henry Jackson Knox concerning care of the family's mills
Date 9 October 1802
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Recipient Knox, Henry Jackson  
Document Type Correspondence; Business and financial document
Content Description A lengthy letter detailing business Henry Jackson Knox (Knox's son) needs to attend to while Knox is gone. The business mainly involves taking care of the mills. Knox notes he has been disappointed with the production of the mills and provides a list of reasons of what he believes are the causes. Written from Montpelier (Thomaston, Maine).
Subjects Children and Family  Business and Finance  Industry  Mill  Forestry  Commerce  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Knox, Henry Jackson (1780-1832)  
Place written Thomaston, Maine
Theme Children & Family; Merchants & Commerce; Agriculture; Industry
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859