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Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04755 Author/Creator: Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 October 1790 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

Jackson describes his concern that two letters he sent to Secretary of War Henry Knox did not reach him yet. Jackson tells Knox that a Captain Barnard is in Boston and will bring "the article" Knox left when he returns. Jackson also informs Knox of the courtship and pending marriage between John Codman and Katy Amory. Notes that judgment against a man named Richard has been postponed fourteen days, during which time Richard must prove that he paid a debt. Jackson closes by saying that Governor James Bowdoin is very sick and not expected to "continue long." "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Codman, John, 1755-1803
Amory, Catherine, fl. 1790
Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790

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