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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03128 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0074] January-April 1785 |
| Title | Henry Jackson to Henry Knox on business matters |
| Date | 18 April 1785 |
| Author | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Discusses the proper time to sell goods recently arrived from London that were consigned to Henry Knox. Relates that Granville Sharp sent a box of books intended for Knox, Harvard College, Rhode Island College, and George Washington. The books were damaged in transit, and are presently with Lucy, Knox's wife. Reports that in a recent meeting (held at Faneuil Hall in Boston) merchants resolved "to have no dealings whatever with any British mercht. agents... that we will not receive them to Board-Speak or have any connections with them, [that] we will not Let them a House shop-store, or Wharfe..." In consequence, the British merchants are leaving Boston. Reports that Lucy's sister Hannah recently informed Lucy of the death of their brother. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Merchants and Trade Commerce Finance Library Education Charity and Philanthropy President Loyalist Abolition Global History and Civics Death Literature and Language Arts Children and Family |
| People | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Sharp, Granville (1735-1813) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Children & Family; Women in American History; Foreign Affairs; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Sharp was a British abolitionist and a patriot sympathizer during the American Revolution. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |