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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.03763
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0083] January-March 1788 
Title Henry Jackson to Henry Knox about ratification of the constitution in Massachusetts
Date 16 January 1788
Author Jackson, Henry (1747-1809)  
Recipient Knox, Henry  
Document Type Correspondence; Business and financial document; Government document
Content Description Discusses business affairs, mentioning Benjamin Hichborn. Comments on the Massachusetts state convention meeting to decide on ratification of the United States Constitution: "We have upwards of 325 Members in Convention- no one can yet determine what will be the result, all good men wish & pray for its adoption - I flatter myself it will finally be obtained. at present they move slowly & with great caution - all the able sensible men are full in favor of it - by g-d it must pass -"
Subjects US Constitution  Ratification  Revolutionary War General  Finance  Government and Civics  Federalists  Politics  
People Jackson, Henry (1747-1809)  Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Hichborn, Benjamin (1746-1817)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme Creating a New Government; Merchants & Commerce
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859