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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05121 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0101] July-August 1791 |
| Title | Joseph Peirce to Henry Knox on financial and property matters |
| Date | 14 August 1791 |
| Author | Peirce, Joseph (1745-1828) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | References Knox's letters of 3 and 8 August. Shall attend to what he requests. Says his absence from town is the reason the transfer of the twenty bank shares has not been forwarded. Reports they are now done and enclosed (not included). Tells him "you have been very fortunate for which I sincerely rejoice." Reports that "There never has been such dashing in the funds as within a few days, great property as been acquired by selling out - while others who have made contracts to deliver largely of the Scripts at 75 PCt on ye. 25 dolls are taken in beyond all calculation." |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Banking Finance |
| People | Peirce, Joseph (1745-1828) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | 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 |