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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05990 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0120] October-December 1793 |
| Title | Henry Jackson to Henry Knox about William Knox's mental health and offers to manage more of Knox's business |
| Date | 8 December 1793 |
| Author | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | References Knox's letter of 21 November. Reports that William Knox "wants as much care & attention paid to him as a Child, as he certainly is unable to govern or conduct himself." Says the 10 proprietors met last Thursday. Reports that Joseph Peirce represented Knox. He told the group that Knox would be in Boston in May. Makes reference to taxes and bonds. Says it would pleasing to manage Knox and Bingham's interests in either Maine or Europe. Writes, "I know I am capable of the business, and it will be that kind of active life that will be perfectly agreeable to me." Wants to paid no less that $1,200 per year. Does not have a problem spending years in Europe. Asks to be updated on the business with Madame de Leval. Reports that Colonel [Benjamin] Walker is upset with Leval's conduct toward him. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Children and Family Mental Health Health and Medical Land Transaction Waldo Patent Finance Taxes or Taxation Office Seeker Global History and Civics Immigration and Migration Women of the Founding Era Women's History Refugees France |
| People | Leval, Rosalie Josephe Bacler de (fl. 1790-1796) Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Peirce, Joseph (1748-1812) Bingham, William (1752-1804) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Health & Medicine; Merchants & Commerce; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |