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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00157 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0009] May-June 1774 |
| Title | James Rivington to Henry Knox requesting soap and discussing other matters |
| Date | 26 June 1774 |
| Author | Rivington, James (1724-1802) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Requests that Knox buy and send him soap. Also asks Knox to write him a letter describing the state of things in Boston; at the time, the British had just passed the Intolerable Acts, including the Boston Port Bill, which closed Boston Harbor on 1 June 1774. Suggests that committees in New York and Philadelphia will urge payment for the tea, possibly referring to either the tea tax or the tea destroyed at the Boston Tea Party. He believes such an action "will go a great way towards a conciliation of these unhappy Distractions." Congratulates Knox on his marriage. Indicates that he will send a pamphlet that will increase sales of Keysey Pills, which he earlier arranged to have Knox sell (see GLC02437.00062, GLC02437.00120 and GLC02437.00122 for discussion of the pills). Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer. |
| Subjects | Boston Tea Party Boston Port Bill Merchants and Trade Commerce Personal Hygiene Taxes or Taxation Finance Government and Civics Marriage Drugs Health and Medical Book Selling Maritime |
| People | Rivington, James (1724-1802) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; The American Revolution; Health & Medicine; Banking & Economics; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | James Rivington proposes business connection to Henry Knox Letter from James Rivington to Henry Knox concerning books, land and business Letter from James Rivington to Henry Knox on matters of trade and business |
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