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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04644 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0096] July-September 1790 |
| Title | Henry Jackson to Henry Knox with news of Congress and fears of funding business plus some news from Thomas Vose |
| Date | 4 July 1790 |
| Author | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes, "The time taken up by Congress in fixing the permanent seat of Government, and the situation of the Funding business has caused a great uneasiness & clamour amongst the people, and of that Class that have been the firmest supporters of the government ... every mechanick & Tradesman conceives that their being out of employ is wholly owing to that circumstance - and the distress of that class of people in the several seaports in this State is very alarming - in this town it is melancholy to see the poverty and wretchedness of the inhabitants..." Reports that Captain Vose, managing affairs on Knox's lands in present-day Maine, informed him that the people who live there are behind in their payments. They will not make any payments until the Massachusetts General Court decides on a petition related to the land. Relates, "a Spanish War remains as it did..." |
| Subjects | Congress Government and Civics Washington, D.C. Finance Debt Economics Federalists Poverty Landlord and Tenant Waldo Patent Judiciary Law Finance Mortgage Military History Global History and Civics Petition Assumption of State Debt |
| People | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Law; Industry; Merchants & Commerce; Banking & Economics; Creating a New Government |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |