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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.07227 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0139] January-April 1799 |
| Title | William Bingham to Henry Knox regarding Knox's debts, land and the timber industry |
| Date | 24 January 1799 |
| Author | Bingham, William (1752-1804) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Bingham acknowledges receipt of Knox's letter of 30 December 1798. Bingham sees that Knox has "not as yet made a final arrangement with the Holders of your Notes, - but which I hope will be speedily terminated." Bingham is pleased to know that after Knox pays off his debts, Knox will enjoy a considerable income from his estate. Talks about Knox's timber in Maine and says that regarding the "our lands, which remain to be disposed of," Bingham is "persuaded that my News of effecting a Sale must be confined to Europe." In America, "the Capital is by no means sufficient." Bingham is sure that after war in Europe is over, Europeans will want to invest their money in American lands. |
| Subjects | Economics Finance Debt Global History and Civics Land Transaction Industry Forestry Global History and Civics Immigration and Migration Military History |
| People | Bingham, William (1752-1804) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Industry; Merchants & Commerce; Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |