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- GLC#
- GLC02437.01082-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 25 July 1781
- Author/Creator
- Knox, William, 1756-1795
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 23.9 cm, Width: 17.8 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Informs Knox he recently forwarded Lucy Knox a letter from her brother, Thomas. Reports on ships that have arrived in Boston carrying news from Antigua, England, and Martinique. Comments on currency: "The New Money has experienced the fate of the Old in this Quarter, having entirely stop'd circulation, which causes nearly a total stagnation of all Business, at present I do nothing, people will not part with Specie but for the necessaries of Life of wch I have none... " Complains that he has not heard from Henry, his brother, in a long time.
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