The full content of this document is only available to subscribing institutions. More information can be found via www.amdigital.co.uk
If you believe you should have access to this document, click here to Login.
| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03226 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0076] September-December 1785 |
| Title | Henry Jackson to Henry Knox with news of friends, family and financial matters |
| Date | 19 December 1785 |
| Author | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes on several topics. Mentions that [Samuel] Shaw will leave soon for New York and that Jackson has delivered to Shaw all of Henry Knox's brother William's luggage. Mentions that Governor [John] Hancock, his wife and family, and several others will depart the next day for New York, and that while most of them will take other methods of transportation, he intends to "proceed all the way by Land, the season of the year & the roads must be much against him." Discusses financial matters, particularly bank notes of his and Knox's which he has not yet disposed of because of their current low price. Explains how he handled the problem. Says that there is no other new business, and sends his love to Mrs. Lucy Knox, the Knox children, and Henry's brother William Knox. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Children and Family Government and Civics Travel Transportation Infrastructure Finance Coins and Currency Banking Economics |
| People | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Knox, Lucy Flucker (1756-1824) Knox, William (1756-1795) Hancock, John (1737-1793) Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Children & Family; Banking & Economics; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |