- GLC#
- GLC02437.05034-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 26 June 1791
- Author/Creator
- Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 18.6 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Writes, the "business of the patent was well conducted, had you been on the spot your most sanguine wishes & exertions could not have placed the conclusion of the business in a more favorable & satisfactory situation." Stresses that everything was done "agreeable to Law," and assures Knox that no difficulties with the law will arise. Hopes [William] Eustis will be named head of the medical department. Says Major Trescott wishes Burnham had been ordered to Fort Pitt first, as he is still waiting for his wife to come from the "Eastward."
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