Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Henry Jackson

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GLC#
GLC02437.03474-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
February 28, 1787
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
to Henry Jackson
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
3 p. : docket ; Height: 32.6 cm, Width: 20.6 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Discusses General [Rufus] Putnam as suitable candidate for handling their "eastern matters." Also suggests Colonel Maxwell and asks what Jackson thinks of him. Discusses a map that Captain Stone was to deliver to Jackson, possibly concerning Waldo patent lands. Thinks that if General [Benjamin Lincoln] is not chosen to attend the Philadelphia convention in May, Jackson should send him to the Cincinnati (referring to a meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati) with Brooks, Hull and Jackson himself. Comments, "Why do you not get your diplomas? Our friend Genl Washington must die - a diploma of his signature would be worth ten of any other persons - Besides this certainty of his stepping out of the world, he will be out of office as president, at the next meeting - "

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