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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05041 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0100] May-June 1791 |
| Title | Henry Jackson to Henry Knox on the Waldo patent agreement |
| Date | 30 June 1791 |
| Author | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | References Knox's letter of 23 June. Says the agreement is now finished and that two hands are now copying them. They will be signed, sealed, and delivered tomorrow morning. Made no material alteration from the instrument he sent to Knox on Sunday. Reports "we should have distroyed the ground we stood on, if we had proposed one single acre more than the two Million - that is secured and we must be content." Says he is writing this "in the presence of the Committee, who are affraid of their own shadow." Has engaged Captain [George] Ulmer to go to Penobscot to gather the necessary information. Stamped "FREE" on verso. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Land Transaction Waldo Patent Contract Finance Government and Civics |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |