Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 to Henry Knox

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GLC02437.05095
GLC#
GLC02437.05095-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
31 July 1791
Author/Creator
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 18.7 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Anticipates seeing Knox by the middle of August. Observed that Major Jackson was appointed Postmaster General (although this was wrong, Timothy Pickering was appointed on 12 August 1791). Says the news will "disappoint & mortify" their friend David Cobb. Asks him to keep him in mind for the "marshalcy." Refers to his claim to the job as his "hobby horse."

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