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Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05563 Author/Creator: Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 July 1792 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; Height: 37.3 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy

Discusses their shaky situation with land speculation. Mentions the committee's desire to "hold me strictly to every point and condition of the agreement." Reports having trouble collecting money owed to him, and believes some of their financial associates will take advantage of their weak position. Mentions that Mr. de Grégoire "has disappeared ever since I tendered him the money," so he plans to use the law to make Grégoire uphold his end of a previous agreement. Continues to discuss a variety of business affairs concerning their land.

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Grégoire, Barthélémy de, ?-1810

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