Request for Loan

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Request for Loan

Description

Immediate loan for Indian Commissioners to negotiate treaties.

short description

Ltr, dir loan for commissioners.

year created

1789

month created

08

day created

26

author

sent from location

War Office

in image

recipient note

President and Directors of the Bank of New York.

notable person/group

Henry Knox
directors
President, Directors, & Company of Bank of New York
Indian Commissioners
agents
Indians
Secretary of War

notable location

War Office
New York

notable item/thing

customary interests
copy of a letter
President of the United States
commissioners who are to negotiate the Indian Treaties
objects of their mission
Directors of the Bank of New York
loan of ten thousand dollars
business
sum of twenty thousand dollars
loans
bank
warrants specified
loan

document number

1789082600001

page start

1

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Document instances

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[view document] (2 pages) AIC08 (2 pages) Collection: Gilder Lehrman Collection. GLC01561

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Henry Knox War Office [n/a]
Recipient President, Directors, & Company of Bank of New York [unknown] [n/a]