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- GLC#
- GLC02437.03191-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 10 September 1785
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Broome & Platt
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 4 p. : docket ; Height: 33.4 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Discusses the details of his financial arrangements with the firm of Broome & Platt. Explains that he appreciates the candor with which they explained their financial distress to Samuel Shaw, Knox's representative at their meeting. Does have concerns about an arrangement they made regarding delivery of the goods they are using to pay Knox. Hopes they can make a better plan, in order to satisfy the other firm involved, Webber, Addington, & Birhnall. Adds that Mr. [James] Webber is a very honorable man, and explains how generous he was in caring for Knox's brother William during William's illness in London.
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