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- GLC#
- GLC02437.05473-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 20 May 1792
- Author/Creator
- Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 2 p. : address ; Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 19.4 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Writes that they all arrived safely in Dorchester and found the house almost ready (Lucy Knox and Sarah Lyons Flucker and their children came to stay with Jackson). They decided to stay there; they only lacked blankets, but Jackson procured them. Discusses how he helped them to settle in. Also adds that he has heard that General [John] Brooks will decline his military appointment, and that Major [Samuel] Shaw will be getting married.
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