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- GLC#
- GLC02437.03884-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1 June 1788
- Author/Creator
- Knox, William, 1756-1795
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 4 p. : docket ; Height: 31.3 cm, Width: 20.1 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Henry's brother, William, discusses a delicate situation in which Knox's friend, Henry Jackson, invested nearly 10,000 dollars worth of Knox's notes without his permission. Knox sent William to Boston in an attempt to reclaim the notes. William relates the state of the notes, which Jackson distributed among several persons. Writes, "I need not at present enter unto a detail of the manner in which I then conveyed my sentiments to that gentleman [Jackson], it is sufficient to say that I think your expectations were fulfilled respecting the strong terms in which I represented your chagrin & surprise..."
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