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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05408 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0108] April 1792 |
| Title | Samuel Ogden to Henry Knox on the financial crisis in New York |
| Date | 12 April 1792 |
| Author | Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Wrote to Knox this morning from New York, but has heard news of several misfortunes on his way to Newark, so wanted to write again. Reports that many of their business associates, including Mr. [Walter] Livingston and Mr. [Richard] Platt, are in serious financial difficulty. Visited Mr. [William] Duer to retrieve a note, but Duer told him he paid the note to Mr. [John Marsden] Pintard and thereby settled his account. Will visit Pintard tomorrow to see if this is actually true. Sends love from himself and his wife to Mrs. Knox and the children. "Free" handwritten on address leaf with no signature. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Finance Economics Debt |
| People | Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Knox, Lucy Flucker (1756-1824) Ogden, Euphemia Morris (1754-1818) Livingston, Walter (1740-1797) Platt, Richard (1755-1830) Pintard, John Marsden (d. 1811) Duer, William (1747-1799) |
| Place written | Newark, New Jersey |
| 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 |