Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 to Henry Knox

GLC02437.04650

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GLC#
GLC02437.04650-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
11 July 1790
Author/Creator
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
4 p. : docket ; Height: 24.4 cm, Width: 19.7 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Discusses a meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati where they elected officials, most of whom were the same as the ones they had the year before. Lists the delegates, including Knox, who were chosen to attend the general meeting the following May. Notes that Governor John Hancock has been ill. Writes on behalf of a Captain Phelon and asks Knox if he would be able to employ him.

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