Requests Answers from Benjamin Walker and William Duer
Document 1792Letter, Knox asks wealthy businessman William Duer and Benjamin Walker for explicit and immediate answers.
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[579c XXXII·26]
Philadelphia 28 July 179-
My dear friend.
I have received a letter from Gen. & Jackson informing me that you have written him [undecipherable] find it [undecipherable: more] impracticable for you [undecipherable: to comply]
[undecipherable] your agreement and this [undecipherable] the O[undecipherable]
[undecipherable] the late [undecipherable: settlement] [undecipherable] Dollars
[undecipherable] send that you honor yourselves
me to that I — — I have not received a single line from you [strikethrough: from] before you.
I pray you to write me [undecipherable]
upon [undecipherable] his fatigue and let me
know your determination — It makes
[undecipherable: considerable] [undecipherable] a [strikethrough: [undecipherable]]
[undecipherable] to help — I [undecipherable: strongly] entreat
that you be explicit and [undecipherable: immediately]
me your answer.
I am my dear [undecipherable]
Yours [undecipherable]
[undecipherable signature]
Col. Wm. Duer
[undecipherable] Col. [undecipherable] Walker
[AKM05]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, Knox asks wealthy businessman William Duer and Benjamin Walker for explicit and immediate answers.
Date
07/26/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1792072600001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
General Jackson
Benjamin Walker
William Duer
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
determination
answer

