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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.06003 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0120] October-December 1793 |
| Title | Henry Jackson to Henry Knox about problem tenants on the Waldo patent, Congress and a militia law and opinions on this |
| Date | 22 December 1793 |
| Author | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Called on Mr. [Stephen?] Higginson about a bill, but he declined accepting it. Received a letter from Colonel Tyler on his tour of Knox's Maine lands. Says "he will write you again respecting the conduct of some persons on the patent and the manner they are waisting [sic] and distroying [sic] your property." Wants to pay Tyler $2 per day for his 52 days of work. Heard that Congress is bringing forward a new militia law. Wants Knox to keep him in mind for any appointments. Declares "I am desirous of being in a permanent & respectable situation of fifteen hundred or a thousand dollars a year." Believes the federal government must divide the militia up into 4 grand divisions and appoint a Major General and a Deputy Adjutant General (with the rank of Brigadier General) to each. Also wants an "A.D. General" to reside at the seat of government. Wants the great officers appointed by the president and paid by the federal government, but the subordinate officers to be appointed and paid by the states. Says "some such plan as this will give a respectable and efficient Militia - the present is only a rope of sand." |
| Subjects | Land Transaction Revolutionary War General Finance Debt Waldo Patent Boundary or Property Dispute Congress Law Government and Civics Militia Office Seeker President Soldier's Pay Standing Army |
| People | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Banking & Economics; The Presidency; Agriculture; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |