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- GLC#
- GLC02437.04399-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- October 27, 1789
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Catharine Littlefield Greene
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 31.9 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Discusses obtaining money and the assistance of Daniel Parker, Gouverneur Morris and the Marquis de Lafayette, as they were all friends with Catharine's late husband, Nathanael Greene. Provides some financial advice about the execution of General Greene's estate. Writes that she should first take inventory of the estates and enslaved people to be mortgaged and invest her money. Reports that this plan has been approved by Mr. Rutledge and Judge Pendleton. Retained draft, numbered "5" at top.
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