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- GLC#
- GLC02437.04850-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 6, 1791
- Author/Creator
- Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 4 p. : docket ; Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 18.8 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Acknowledges receipt of Knox's letter of 23 January 1791. Says he is happy that Knox has decided to write every Sunday and that Knox likes his new wallpaper. Is forwarding Knox papers "respecting the payment to Mr. S[ylvanus] Bourne." Relates that Samuel Ogden is in town negotiating over "our Western Lands." Robert and John Livingston have also been there. Discusses the social scene of Boston and his plans to celebrate the birthday of George Washington on February 11 in Concert Hall with 100 gentlemen. Jackson is in charge of this celebration. They reached out to Governor John Hancock but "he was so unwell as not to be visible."
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