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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03250 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0077] January-August 1786 |
| Title | Henry Jackson to Henry Knox about friends, family, investments in Ohio and the Waldo patent |
| Date | 12 March 1786 |
| Author | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes a friendly letter in which he presents news on a variety of subjects. First, mentions that he applied to Judge Wendell for certificates that they had been discussing. He has so far been unsuccessful but will try again. John Hancock is feeling better and will soon depart [likely for New York]. General [Benjamin] Lincoln and another friend [possibly Thomas Russell] have purchased two townships and Lincoln is very pleased with them. Mentions that the Ohio Company were mentioned in the newspaper and that he apparently intends to invest with them. Comments that the General Court has laid a tax on the Waldo Estate. Mentions a "caning match" that recently happened when Mr. Winslow Warren attacked an apparently defenseless Mr. John Codman with his cane. Codman is very bruised and everyone has condemned Warren's behavior. Asks that if Mr. Hutchins, the present Surveyor General, quits his post, "their old friend General [Rufus] Putnam" would like to be appointed. Putnam has already prepared to survey the Waldo patent when the weather permits. Several of their friends will soon be getting married, and all Knox's friends in Boston send their love to him and his wife and family. |
| Subjects | Land Transaction Revolutionary War General Government and Civics Health and Medical Travel Journalism Finance Taxes or Taxation Westward Expansion Estate Criminals and Outlaws Law Surveying Office Seeker Friendship Marriage |
| People | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Hancock, John (1737-1793) Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810) Putnam, Rufus (1738-1824) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Merchants & Commerce; Banking & Economics; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |