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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05333 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0107] March 1792 |
| Title | Application to the Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands |
| Date | 5 March 1792 |
| Author | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
| Recipient | Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands |
| Document Type | Business and financial document; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Writes, "I learn that the house of Representatives have negatived the report of the Joint Committee on the subject of the Waldo claim - this being the case I am under the necessity of renewing my application for the purchase of two or more townships at the head of the Waldo patent on [order] of General Knox." Hopes that the Committee will accommodate him based on the members' knowledge of his circumstances. |
| Subjects | Waldo Patent Revolutionary War General Land Transaction Government and Civics Law Finance |
| People | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |