Rivington, James, 1724-1802 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00138 Author/Creator: Rivington, James, 1724-1802 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 April 1774 Pagination: 2p. +addr.+docket. 30.5 cm. x 19.2 cm. Order a Copy
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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