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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04504 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0094] January-March 1790 |
| Title | Henry Jackson to Henry Knox on a resolution relating to their Waldo petition |
| Date | 10 February 1790 |
| Author | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Informs Knox that he, along with Mr. Whitmore and "cousin Isaac," presumably Winslow, appeared before a committee chaired by John Gardner to discusses a report described in his last letter (dealing with a petition of Knox's in relation to the Waldo patent lands, see GLC02437.04500). The issue involved a resolve in 1785 where the years 1775 and 1785 were confused. Mentions the presence of Nathan Dane, Nathaniel Gorham, Knox's "friend" Ulmer from Duck Trap, among others. Jackson concludes the issue by stating that chairman Gardner told him that he was deceived by the men on the other side of the argument, Thomas and Brown, and "he is now well informed - and you may rest assured they have damned themselves, and everything will be concluded to our wishes." Comments that tomorrow is the celebration of President George Washington's birthday. States that Mr. Hoffmann could not be persuaded to stay any longer and that if he (Jackson) was newly married, he would do the same. |
| Subjects | Land Transaction Waldo Patent Revolutionary War General Petition Boundary or Property Dispute Landlord and Tenant Law Government and Civics Holidays and Celebrations President Marriage |
| People | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Dane, Nathan (1752-1835) Gorham, Nathaniel (1738-1796) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Law; Merchants & Commerce; Agriculture; Children & Family; Government & Politics; The Presidency |
| 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 Jackson to Henry Knox asking Knox what he had done to offend the Governor and reporting that their petition had been stopped Letter from Isaac Winslow to Henry Knox on the Waldo patent petition |