Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to William Green
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05675 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter Date: 28 October 1792 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; 32.7 x 20.9 cm. Order a Copy
Replies to Green's letter from 25 October (GLC02437.05666). Discusses their financial agreement in detail, stating that if payments are not secured by the times they had previously designated, and if Green is out of the country, Knox's family could be "overwhelmed with ruin." In his closing paragraph, Knox writes, "An idea you expressed in New York of making the 2d payment in June next appears to me to be pregnant with evil..."
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