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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.03715
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0082] October-December 1787 
Title Henry Jackson to Henry Knox about delegates to the Constitutional Convention and other matters
Date 25 November 1787
Author Jackson, Henry (1747-1809)  
Recipient Knox, Henry  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description States that General Putnam is engaged in the business of the Ohio Company. Informs Knox that "Mr. King is chosen as one of the Delegates to the Convention for the town of Newbury and the other three gentlemen for that town are high Federal Men, Indeed all the Towns that have as yet chosen, have confined their choice wholly to Federal Men & those of the best abilities - thus far it looks well, indeed, more than well, I pray god it may finally be adopted in this State - if it were not, I dread the consequences that must & will follow - there is, and will be an opposition against it... & your friend in Milton Hill [James Warren] with some others are at the head of it." Comments that the general court adjourned and the members left with favorable ideas about the constitution. Details the execution of one of his former soldiers in Boston for burglary. States that Mrs. Thomas Russell died yesterday. Stamped "Boston" and marked as private.
Subjects US Constitution  Revolutionary War General  Land Transaction  Frontiers and Exploration  Westward Expansion  Government and Civics  Politics  Federalists  Election  Ratification  Death Penalty  Criminals and Outlaws  Death  Military History  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Jackson, Henry (1747-1809)  King, Rufus (1755-1827)  Putnam, Israel (1718-1790)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme Creating a New Government; Merchants & Commerce; Westward Expansion
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859