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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04810 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0097] October-December 1790 |
| Title | James Swan to Henry Knox with an economic plan between United States and France. Asks to petition Washington, Hamilton and Jefferson. |
| Date | 27 December 1790 |
| Author | Swan, James (1754-1831) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Swan has enclosed a plan "advantageous" to both the U.S. and France and wishes Knox to exert his influence over President George Washington and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton to agree to it. Swan also sends "the bankers' letter to me, the Commission or agency in which, I sacredly engage to pay to you." In a postscript dated 30 December Swan asks Knox, "pray sound Mr. Jefferson on this, or get some one to do it. I am affraid of him, merely because Mr. Short may have misled him." |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Finance Debt France Global History and Civics President Government and Civics Banking Economics |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Swan, James (1754-1831) Hamilton, Alexander (ca. 1757-1804) Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Washington, George (1732-1799) |
| Place written | Paris, France |
| Theme | Banking & Economics; Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |