Hickburn seeks a loan from Knox
Document 1789Letter, asks for pay advance.
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General Knox
Present
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, asks for pay advance.
Date
12/10/1789
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Repository
Collection
Document number
1789121040001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Joseph D Hickburn
Hugh Smith
John Jackson
Notable locations
Present
New York
Boston
Notable items
gentleman who has the business in hand at the Treasury office
could not pay me until the Congress sat again
troubl'd you Honour with this letter as my Necessity is great
save me from a cold prison and my wife and two children from poverty this winter
misfortune
anxious to have a vessel of my own
ruin myself and hurt my family
discharge debts
hopes she was sound as she appeared
ward
excuse my freedom in writing to you
necessity that obliges
purchas'd a vessel