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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04438 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0092] November-December 1789 |
| Title | Henry Jackson to Henry Knox regarding business, family and North Carolina |
| Date | 13 December 1789 |
| Author | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses a proposal that they had put together and writes in detail about showing it to [James] Bowdoin, John Pitts, and [Sylvanus] Bourne. Declares, "I think we have but little hopes of success - " Comments on other business transactions. Gives news of the adoption of the Constitution by North Carolina: "By a vessell in five days from North Carolina we have the pleasing intelligence that that State has adopted the Federal Government by a majority of 118... yesterday all the Bells in town were put in motion on this joyous event." Encloses a newspaper from 12 December (not included). Relates that he previously sent Knox fish with directions for [casking] it, but forgot to tell him. Thinks Lucy Knox and Catharine Greene probably had a good laugh because of his absentmindedness. Asks Knox to refer his daughter, Lucy, to an article written by "Celadon" in the newspapers he encloses. |
| Subjects | US Constitution Revolutionary War General Ratification Government and Civics Holidays and Celebrations Journalism Diet and Nutrition Women of the Founding Era Women's History Children and Family Literature and Language Arts |
| People | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Bourne, Sylvanus (1761-1817) Bowdoin, James (1726-1790) Pitts, John (1737-1815) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Creating a New Government; Children & Family; Women in American History; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |