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Field name | Value |
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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 |