A larger version of this object is available to teachers and students for free. Others can subscribe for $25/year.
Larger images are also available to schools and libraries via subscription to American History, 1493-1943. Check to see if your school or library already has a subscription or click here for more information.
- GLC#
- GLC02437.03173-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 8 August 1785
- Author/Creator
- Winslow, Isaac, 1736-1806
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 23.2 cm, Width: 18.4 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Isaac Winslow, a relation of Knox's through his wife, Lucy, discusses a variety of business propositions with Knox. Mentions that he wishes he could have had time to visit with Knox. Describes ways to get the Court to accept a resolve. Discusses dealings with a Colonel [Benjamin] Hichborn and Captain Hall regarding a lime rock farm Knox has invested in; Winslow reports on General George Washington's order for limestone and General Benjamin Lincoln's involvement with the dealings. Also discusses struggles about the amount of "persons settled on the patent," likely the Waldo Patent, a tract of land which Knox was interested in obtaining through a claim on his wife's side (Isaac Winslow also had a claim on Waldo patent land). Mentions sadness at the passing of Miss Sally Flucker, possibly a sister of Lucy Knox.
Citation Guidelines for Online Resources
- Copyright Notice
- The copyright law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.