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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.07207 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0138] September-December 1798 |
| Title | William Jackson to Henry Knox on a land and property dispute and other business matters |
| Date | 15 December 1798 |
| Author | Jackson, William (1759-1828) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document; Land transaction document; Government document |
| Content Description | Jackson requests that Knox attest that Jackson in the winter of 1792-1793 "went to New York at the joint instance of Mr. Bingham and yourself and negociated the transfer of Mr. Duer's right to preemtion of said lands." The lands were those purchased in Maine. Jackson then "accompanied Mr. Bringham to Boston and assisted him to transact the business of the said concern with the Committee of the Commonwealth, it was not your meaning that those service were to be compensated by an allowance of the residuary profits on the proportion of One hundred thousand acres of said lands." |
| Subjects | Land Transaction Finance Government and Civics Boundary or Property Dispute Waldo Patent |
| People | Jackson, William (1759-1828) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Law; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |