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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04434 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0092] November-December 1789 |
| Title | Request for financial help from Joseph Hichborn to Henry Knox |
| Date | 10 December 1789 |
| Author | Hichborn, Joseph D. (fl. 1789) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Discusses recent financial difficulties, and asks to borrow money from Knox "to appear a little decent as were I lodg'd they have taken all my Cloths I should have wait'd on you myself But my dress was such that I was asham'd..." Previously asked Knox's brother, William, for help in obtaining prize money he is owed for serving as an officer on the Alliance under Captain John Paul Jones. Requests Knox to advance him the sum. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Finance Debt Clothing and Accessories Poverty Landlord and Tenant Navy Maritime Soldier's Pay Military History Revolutionary War |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Hichborn, Joseph D. (fl. 1789) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Naval & Maritime; The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |