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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.03480
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0079] January-March 1787 
Title Henry Jackson to the Senate and House of Representatives
Date 4 March 1787
Author Jackson, Henry (1747-1809)  
Document Type Government document
Content Description Discusses the last session, in particular the budgeting of £2,500 for "the Purposes of raising and subsisting this States Proportion of the Federal Corps ordered by Congress agreeably to their Resolution ..." Since that amount is almost all used up, Jackson asks for more funds to support the current army.
Subjects Military History  Government and Civics  Recruitment  Continental Congress  Congress  Finance  Soldier's Pay  
People Jackson, Henry (1747-1809)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme Creating a New Government; Government & Politics; Banking & Economics
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859