Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Broome & Platt
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03181 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 2 September 1785 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 29.4 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy
Written and signed for Knox in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's former aide-de-camp. Writes that Mr. James Webber, who is a close friend of his brother William Knox and had taken care of William while in London, has enclosed to him a note from Broome and Platt drawn on "Warburton and Randall of London, who have become bankrupt." Needs to receive payment from them, so is sending his good friend Samuel Shaw to meet with them. Asks that they either provide payment with interest, or arrange with Shaw to pay it back in a short time. Writes that he does not like to be in this position, especially given his respect for Broome and Platt, and assures them that aside from himself and Shaw, no one knows about this situation and they plan to maintain confidentiality.
According to GLC02437.03180, Shaw wrote on 22 August 1785 that he would be travelling from Boston to New York in four or five days' time. He was no longer in Knox's employ, having left to travel on a trading vessel to China in 1784 and returning in 1785. Samuel Broome and Jeremiah Platt ran a firm which sold dry goods and also minted coins.
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