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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.04723
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0096] July-September 1790 
Title Henry Jackson to Henry Knox about possible sale of a township
Date 7 September 1790
Author Jackson, Henry (1747-1809)  
Recipient Knox, Henry  
Document Type Correspondence; Land transaction document
Content Description General Jackson did not receive Knox's letter of 30 August 1790 because he had been out of town. Jackson had met with two men named Jonathan Dow and Ebenezer Eastman interested in purchasing a "Township" from Knox. The land is between "Northern Stream and Lower debscot." These men assure Jackson they can bring in forty families to settle it immediately. Jackson needs to know what Knox wants to do about the situation. Jackson calls Knox's attention to an extract of a letter (in the newspaper) by Spanish Ambassador Don Diego de Gardoqui "which points an end to the prospects of War." Jackson also informs Knox that John Gardner's "attack on the Cincin [Society of Cincinnati] is in the Chronicle," adding to the twenty items attacking the Society he has already written. Jackson thinks that the "number of Candidates for Federal Representatives in the several districts" might have a positive impact but that is yet to be determined. Fisher Ames has Jackson and Knox's support, and Benjamin Austin, Jr. and Thomas Dawes, Jr. are also running.
Subjects Society of the Cincinnati  Revolutionary War General  Waldo Patent  Land Transaction  Immigration and Migration  Finance  Global History and Civics  Journalism  Military History  Diplomacy  Congress  Election  Federalists  Fraternal Organization  Government and Civics  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Jackson, Henry (1747-1809)  Ames, Fisher (1758-1808)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme The American Revolution; Agriculture; Merchants & Commerce; Foreign Affairs
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859