Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.04504-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
February 10, 1790
Author/Creator
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
3 p. : docket ; Height: 31.1 cm, Width: 18.7 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Informs Knox that he, along with Mr. Whitmore and "cousin Isaac," presumably Winslow, appeared before a committee chaired by John Gardner to discusses a report described in his last letter (dealing with a petition of Knox's in relation to the Waldo patent lands, see GLC02437.04500). The issue involved a resolve in 1785 where the years 1775 and 1785 were confused. Mentions the presence of Nathan Dane, Nathaniel Gorham, Knox's "friend" Ulmer from Duck Trap, among others. Jackson concludes the issue by stating that chairman Gardner told him that he was deceived by the men on the other side of the argument, Thomas and Brown, and "he is now well informed - and you may rest assured they have damned themselves, and everything will be concluded to our wishes." Comments that tomorrow is the celebration of President George Washington's birthday. States that Mr. Hoffmann could not be persuaded to stay any longer and that if he (Jackson) was newly married, he would do the same.

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