Randall, Thomas, ?-1811 to Henry Knox

GLC02437.05335

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GLC#
GLC02437.05335-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
March 7, 1792
Author/Creator
Randall, Thomas, ?-1811
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
1 p. : address : docket Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 20.1 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Writes, "Mr. [Matthew] McConnell has discounted for me the note you was so obliging as to accept & remitted me the money - I think there is no probability of a charter being granted for another New Bank in New York - it is a pity this rage for speculation is so great - half shares have fell to 30 per cent in consequence of a quantity being sold out here from the Boston market & the money taken away however it is expected the flurry will be soon over and they will rise again." (See GLC02437.05328 for more information on the financial transaction with Mr. McConnell.) "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature.

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