Rivington, James, 1724-1802 to Henry Knox

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GLC02437.00138
GLC#
GLC02437.00138-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
April 20, 1774
Author/Creator
Rivington, James, 1724-1802
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 19.2 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
Road to Revolution

Sends Knox pamphlets which he believes Knox does not have and will be of interest to his customers. Mentions that he has printed a letter to John Hancock in Rivington's New-York Gazetteer and would provide the opportunity for any of Hancock's friends to reply to it. Sent a print for Paul Revere to make an engraving. Hancock was then a Boston selectman and member of the General Court. The letter was possibly a response to Hancock's general anti-British stance or his recent Massacre Day Oration, given in March 1774. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760.

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