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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04362 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0091] September-October 1789 |
| Title | Henry Jackson to Henry Knox about society dinners, government offices and the Waldo patent |
| Date | 20 September 1789 |
| Author | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Non-governmental organization document |
| Content Description | Received Knox's most recent letter, and is glad to hear his daughter Julia has recovered completely from her illness. Relates that all the members of the Society of the Cincinnati in Boston were invited to dine aboard a ship, the Leopard, whose captain is also a Society member; also describes another feast aboard a boat, to which the Governor was invited. Describes a dinner the Cincinnati are throwing the following week. Mentions that "little Isaac" (likely Isaac Winslow, Jr.) recently returned from "the Eastward" (likely the Waldo patent lands) and is very happy with the job Captain Thomas Vose is doing as their agent. Comments that the recent appointment of Colonel [Alexander] Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury pleases everyone in the Boston area and declares that Hamilton is a man of great ambition. Congratulates Knox on his reappointment to his old office. Adds that he may be in New York the following month, and sends his love to Mrs. Knox and their family. |
| Subjects | Society of the Cincinnati Waldo Patent Land Transaction Children and Family Health and Medical Women's History Fraternal Organization Navy Maritime Landlord and Tenant Government and Civics Politics Entertaining and Hospitality |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) Winslow, Isaac (1763-1806) Vose, Thomas (1753-1810) Hamilton, Alexander (ca. 1757-1804) Knox, Lucy Flucker (1756-1824) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Creating a New Government; Government & Politics; Banking & Economics; Merchants & Commerce; Agriculture; The American Revolution; Children & Family; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |