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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.04773
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0097] October-December 1790 
Title Henry Jackson to Henry Knox relating his conversation with the dying James Bowdoin, his appointment as a juror and a balloon attempt
Date 7 November 1790
Author Jackson, Henry (1747-1809)  
Recipient Knox, Henry  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Acknowledges receipt of Knox's last letter. Tells Knox that he has spoken with the ailing Governor [James] Bowdoin "respecting the Fish, and we have concluded to put on board the first Vessell bound to Philadelphia." Bowdoin died at 4 o'clock that morning. "He had his reason to the last moment." Bowdoin's property left to "Mrs. Temple" will be "put into the hands of the Trustees, and the income only at her command during the life her husband but if she outlives him, it comes into their hands and at her own disposal." Notes he had a visit from Mr. [Sylvanus?] Bourne, but Jackson had no directions from Knox pertaining to their business. Reports "Judge [Chief Justice John] Jay is here... He is most respected & esteemed, and is taken every particular notice of - his speech to the Grand Jury was much admired." Says he was appointed foreman on a jury with Judge Jay. Tells of an attempt "to raise a Balloon thirty feet distance from the Common." The failed attempt "you will observe it was on the 5th of November" (Guy Fawkes Day). Asks about an appointment for a friend.
Subjects Aviation  Diet and Nutrition  Death  Government and Civics  Mental Health  Health and Medical  Estate  Women of the Founding Era  Women's History  Estate  Law  Judiciary  Ballooning  Holidays and Celebrations  Office Seeker  Government and Civics  
People Jackson, Henry (1747-1809)  Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Jay, John (1745-1829)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme Government & Politics; Agriculture; Merchants & Commerce
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859