Knox sends to Congress the petition of General Greene's widow
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Type
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Title
Knox sends to Congress the petition of General Greene's widow
Description
Report, describes petition of Catherine Greene.
short description
Rpt, des petition of Catherine.
year created
1790
month created
03
day created
04
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Banks
Catherine Greene
General Greene
notable location
New York
South Carolina
Georgia
United States
notable item/thing
your petitioner and her children in order to satisfy those obligations which her late husband was constrained to enter into for the public service
helpless children will be exposed to all the bitter effects of poverty
firmest hope and expectation
fulll examination into the transaction stated in her late husband's representation
pass an act to indemnify her estate
ruin which impends
payment of obligations
company as collateral securities
designs in this and all other earthly respects were frustrated by his untimely death
suits for the recovery of the said bonds and other collatteral securities have been protracted by the death of the debtors and various other circumstances entirely without the contour of your petitioner
future distant period
amount uncertain not only the estates conferred on her late husband by the munificent gratitude of the states
indemnification
intention he instituted suits for the recovery of the bonds and mortgages by him received
object on which her petition is founded in generally stated in the representation hereunto annexed
her late husband
August
appear by the said representation that it was the intention of her late husband
ascertained the loss on the transaction
Honorable the Senate and the Honorable the House of Representatives of the United States in Congress Assembled the Petition of Catharine Greene's relief of the late General Greene
document number
1790030400001
page start
1
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| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (5 pages) | AJO10 (5 pages) | Collection: Henry Knox Papers. [microfilm] | V: 25, P: 155 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Congress of the United States | [unknown] | [n/a] |