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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.03224
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0076] September-December 1785 
Title Henry Jackson to Henry Knox with news on friends and family
Date 12 December 1785
Author Jackson, Henry (1747-1809)  
Recipient Knox, Henry  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Writes on a variety of subjects. Reports that Governor [John] and Mrs. Hancock will set out in a week for New York, and that he dined with them last week at their mutual friend Ben Hichborn's. Showed Hichborn the letter he received from Knox detailing Hichborn's appointment, and "his heart was filld with gratitude for your particular attention to him he said many things of my friend that was very pleasing to me." Reports that [Samuel] Shaw will leave tomorrow and that he will write a letter for Knox to be carried by Shaw. Sends his love to Mrs. Lucy Knox, their children, and Knox's brother William.
Subjects Government and Civics  Travel  Friendship  Office Seeker  Letter of Introduction or Recommendation  Children and Family  Revolutionary War General  
People Jackson, Henry (1747-1809)  Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Knox, Lucy Flucker (1756-1824)  Knox, William (1756-1795)  Hancock, John (1737-1793)  Hichborn, Benjamin (1746-1817)  Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme Creating a New Government; Government & Politics; Children & Family
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859