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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03875 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0084] April-June 1788 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Henry Jackson regarding Knox's continental certificates |
| Date | 18 May 1788 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Jackson, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Refers to a letter in which he castigated Jackson for suggesting he might appropriate a sum of Knox's dollars [in certificates] to invest (refer to GLC02437.03866). Writes, "In my letter to you I state how ruinous such a measure would be to me owing to my previous arrangements and that I expected you would have all my continental certificates ready to be delivered to me or my order by the 1st of next month." Predicts South Carolina and Virginia will adopt the Constitution, but worries New York will not. |
| Subjects | US Constitution Revolutionary War General Friendship Finance Debt Ratification Politics Federalists Banking |
| People | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Banking & Economics; Creating a New Government; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Letter from Henry Knox to Henry Jackson regarding 10,000 of Knox's dollars |