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- GLC#
- GLC02437.04461-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 3 January 1790
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to John Coffin Jones
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Informs Jones he was so impressed with his ideas that he has forwarded his letter to the Secretary of Treasury (Alexander Hamilton), but has yet to hear anything. Writes that the Secretary is "well organized & enlightened" and Knox is convinced that the Secretary will examine...his plans and support them with the best arguments. Believes such systems will be created and "make our country feel the blessed effects of public & private credit..."
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