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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04180 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0088] March-April 1789 |
| Title | Samuel Ogden to Henry Knox |
| Date | 14 April 1789 |
| Author | Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses obtaining iron for [Samuel] Shaw. Includes an extract from a letter by a Mr. Haglehunt [name slightly illegible] discussing the improbability of procuring the iron from Philadelphia. Provides some ideas on how best to acquire the iron. Written at Delaware Works, located in what is now Morrisville, Pennsylvania, near Trenton, New Jersey. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Industry Commerce Maritime |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810) Knox, Lucy Flucker (1756-1824) Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Ogden, Euphemia Morris (1754-1818) |
| Place written | Morrisville, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Industry |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | For a discussion of Delaware Works and Morrisville, refer to W. W. H. (William Watts Hart) Davis, History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, from the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |