- GLC#
- GLC02437.02823-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 8, 1783
- Author/Creator
- Jackson, Michael, 1734-1801
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- West Point, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 23.4 cm, Width: 18.6 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Reports to Knox that the men at West Point are restless, unhappy and having a difficult time. They are having trouble obtaining subsistence since "the Contractors will not trust them," and are "badly cloathed, many without blankets, they have not [been] shewn what they are intitled to ... " Also asks Knox for advice on how to dispense duties for the brevet officers.
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