Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 to Henry Knox

GLC02437.03128

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GLC#
GLC02437.03128-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
April 18, 1785
Author/Creator
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
4 p. : docket ; Height: 30.7 cm, Width: 18.6 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Discusses the proper time to sell goods recently arrived from London that were consigned to Henry Knox. Relates that Granville Sharp sent a box of books intended for Knox, Harvard College, Rhode Island College, and George Washington. The books were damaged in transit, and are presently with Lucy, Knox's wife. Reports that in a recent meeting (held at Faneuil Hall in Boston) merchants resolved "to have no dealings whatever with any British mercht. agents... that we will not receive them to Board-Speak or have any connections with them, [that] we will not Let them a House shop-store, or Wharfe..." In consequence, the British merchants are leaving Boston. Reports that Lucy's sister Hannah recently informed Lucy of the death of their brother.

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