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Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01945 Author/Creator: Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 Place Written: New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 February 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 20.9 x 16.6 cm. Order a Copy

Informs Knox that he is sending Doctor Robert Tucker, "a very bitter Tory & a great enemy to his country," so "that he may be confined in the Provost at West Point & Secured in any other mode you may think necessary." Also mentions that there has been talk of peace in New York and that he hopes to hear very soon about the end of the war. Written at "[Delevans] Crompond," possibly in New York.

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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