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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.05563
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0111] July 1792 
Title Henry Jackson to Henry Knox about land speculation and financial matters
Date 29 July 1792
Author Jackson, Henry (1747-1809)  
Recipient Knox, Henry  
Document Type Correspondence; Business and financial document
Content Description Discusses their shaky situation with land speculation. Mentions the committee's desire to "hold me strictly to every point and condition of the agreement." Reports having trouble collecting money owed to him, and believes some of their financial associates will take advantage of their weak position. Mentions that Mr. de Grégoire "has disappeared ever since I tendered him the money," so he plans to use the law to make Grégoire uphold his end of a previous agreement. Continues to discuss a variety of business affairs concerning their land.
Subjects Revolutionary War General  Land Transaction  Waldo Patent  Finance  Government and Civics  Debt  Law  
People Jackson, Henry (1747-1809)  Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Grégoire, Barthélémy de (d. 1810)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme Merchants & Commerce; Agriculture; Law
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859