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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.10222 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0090] July-August 1789 |
| Title | Henry Jackson to Henry Knox on George Washington Knox's health, Samuel Shaw's trade ship and the eastern lands |
| Date | 12 July 1789 |
| Author | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Writes that he is sorry to "hear of the situation of your poor little fellow Washington, but as I did not hear from you last evening, I please myself he is better, which I pray god may be the case..." Sends news of their mutual friend Shaw, who is home and "will be disappointed if he does not meet with the kindest reception from his sweetheart" and so states that Knox "must prepare the way." Goes on to describe Shaw's ship ("the most perfect ship ever built in America") and nomination of officers. Notes that "the Impost Law is passed & approved by the President..." Mentions the trouble Knox has been having with settlers on his eastern land and sends his love to Mrs. Knox and the family. Watermarked "L Paine" and with a hunting horn in a crest with "G R" underneath. |
| Subjects | Children and Family Health and Medical Building Construction Maritime Merchants and Trade Commerce Friendship Law President Congress Economics Taxes or Taxation Waldo Patent Land Transaction Boundary or Property Dispute |
| People | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Knox, George Washington (1788-1789) Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Health & Medicine; Naval & Maritime; Merchants & Commerce; Women in American History; Children & Family; The Presidency; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Washington refers to Knox's son, George Washington Knox, named after George Washington. He died in infancy, in August 1789. Shaw is Samuel Shaw, a lieutenant of artillery who attained the rank of major, and served as aide-de-camp to General Knox. He went to Canton in February 1784, as supercargo, and on his return Knox made him first Secretary of the War Department. He was later appointed as the first United States consul at Canton. The land referred to is most likely the Waldo patent, an area of land 36 miles square in what is now the state of Maine. General Samuel Waldo was proprietor of the Waldo patent and a relation of Knox on his wife's side. He is said to have gone to Europe to recruit German immigrants to settle on his 576,000 acres of land in Maine |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |