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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03124 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0074] January-April 1785 |
| Title | Excerpt of a petition in which Knox and others attempt to persuade the Massachusetts Legislature to sell uncultivated lands to officers and soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War |
| Date | March 1785 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Additional authors | Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810) Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document; Government document |
| Content Description | Signed in the docket. Knox, Benjamin Lincoln, Henry Jackson, and others attempt to persuade the General Court of Massachusetts to divide land in the eastern part of the state (present-day Maine) for officers and soldiers who served in the Revolution. Knox argues that all other states have granted uncultivated lands as such. Writes, "...it would be a subject of great mortification and depression to your petitioners that the Legislature of this Commonwealth should decline to receive in payment for [?] Lands the very money which your petitioners received for their services from the United States." First docket notes this is a draft of a petition presented to the General Court [of Massachusetts] in March 1785 and was signed by Knox, Lincoln, Jackson, and others. Second docket indicates "This petition was negatived in the house of representatives whereby the state lost much." |
| Subjects | Petition Revolutionary War General Continental Army Soldier's Pay Finance Pension Revolutionary War Government and Civics Military History Land Transaction |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810) Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
| Theme | Government & Politics; The American Revolution; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |