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Field name | Value |
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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 |