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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05076 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0101] July-August 1791 |
| Title | Joseph Peirce to Henry Knox on property, finance and family matters |
| Date | 19 July 1791 |
| Author | Peirce, Joseph (1745-1828) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Marked "Private" on address leaf. Says he received Knox's letter of 10 July from the post office "after it was too late to answer it." Lists copies of the papers that Mr. Wetmore had in his possession. Says he received £78.19.0 for his "Charlestown place." Tells him he is "beyond a doubt quite right to conciliate Mr. Thomas & all other even by a sacrifice of some property - especially when there is an object of such magnitude." Mentions he has written Captain [Thomas] Vose several times for the depositions. Heard they may be in the probate office, but he has not received them yet. Notes if Captain John Hills, a surveyor looking for a route from the Connecticut River to Boston, asks for money he will supply it. Will soon deal with the bank shares. Congratulates Knox on the birth of a new daughter. Claims "I had no idea of her having had ten children ... a few such families would indeed soon people a Colloney." Says that Henry Jackson hinted he might be in Boston soon. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Debt Finance Law Estate Surveying Canals Infrastructure Commerce Transportation Banking Children and Family Women of the Founding Era Women's History |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Peirce, Joseph (1745-1828) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Law; Banking & Economics; Children & Family; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |