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- GLC#
- GLC02437.05935-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 29 September 1793
- Author/Creator
- Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 33 cm, Width: 19.4 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Tells Knox not to come within 15-20 miles of Boston without informing him. Does not want Knox to "fall into the hands of the Police of this Town, [if so] you will be conducted in a small boat by two Black men to Rainsford Island, figure to yourself the Secretary of War in the situation with everybody running from him for fear of the Plague." Reports the legislature adjourned yesterday. Obtained a resolve for the suspension on Knox's taxes until the legislature meets in January 1794. Will be absent from Boston for five days as he reviews his division of the militia.
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