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Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05137 Author/Creator: Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 September 1791 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 22.4 cm, Width: 18.6 cm Order a Copy

References Knox's letter of 26 August. Reports that the committee "Jointly and Severally are averse to selling any more land in large quantities; and as I wrote you we must be prepared to make our application to the Legislature at their next Session." Announces that "the Committee are a parsel of Old Women, and very unfit for their situation - and I am satisfied if we had to make our purchase over again we should never be able to effect it on or near the terms we have obtained." Makes reference to arrangements to secure their previous purchase, including Leonard Jarvis traveling to Penobscot to find surveyors to run lines. Notes the purchase for the 10 proprietors is "perfectly secure." Says his whole mind is wrapped up in speculation and if anyone can make this purchase happen, it is him. Believes William Constable and half dozen others will try to make other purchases.

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

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