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Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 The Offices of the Massachusetts Line

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.627.01.01 Author/Creator: Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: May 1793 Pagination: 3 p. ; 19.1 x 31.5 cm. Order a Copy

This document is a May 1793 account signed by Treasurer Henry Jackson with lists of payments to and from "The Officers of the Massachusetts Line". Along with this document is a note citing a payment of 214 dollars, "subscribed by a number of officers of the Line" to General William Hull. The general had been appointed by his fellow officers in the spring of 1792 to press a memorial to Congress requesting further compensation for Revolutionary War veterans. The note is attached to the debit report with a wax seal. These documents are stored in Size 1, Box 31.

Society of the Cincinnati, 1783-
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Hull, William, 1753-1825

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