A high-resolution version of this object is only available for registered users - register here.
High-resolution images are also available to schools and libraries via subscription to American History, 1493-1943. Check to see if your school or library already has a subscription or click here for more information.
- GLC#
- GLC02437.03224-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 12 December 1785
- Author/Creator
- Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.5 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Writes on a variety of subjects. Reports that Governor [John] and Mrs. Hancock will set out in a week for New York, and that he dined with them last week at their mutual friend Ben Hichborn's. Showed Hichborn the letter he received from Knox detailing Hichborn's appointment, and "his heart was filld with gratitude for your particular attention to him he said many things of my friend that was very pleasing to me." Reports that [Samuel] Shaw will leave tomorrow and that he will write a letter for Knox to be carried by Shaw. Sends his love to Mrs. Lucy Knox, their children, and Knox's brother William.
Citation Guidelines for Online Resources
- Copyright Notice
- The copyright law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.