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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00626-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 17 July 1777
- Author/Creator
- Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 15.8 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Mentions the capture of the Fox, a British frigate. Apparently, the Fox was retaken by the British, but this news is uncorroborated. Colonel Jackson expects to be called in to pay Knox's contribution to a privateer. Suggests that Henry persuade his wife Lucy to sell her phaeton (a horse drawn carriage), noting that Lucy keeps the carriage in case Henry approves her to visit him at military headquarters. Reports that between the phaeton and the chaise, Lucy will need two more horses than she has. Writes, "maybe you'll say it is none of my Business, if she wants 10 Horses, your pay as a Brigr will support it..." Notes that a prize arrived at Dartmouth (possibly Massachusetts) with sugar, rum, and cotton.
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