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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04763 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0097] October-December 1790 |
| Title | Henry Jackson to Henry Knox |
| Date | 31 October 1790 |
| Author | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Jackson acknowledges receipt of Knox's letter of 24 October 1790 and was pleased to learn that Knox had arrived safely in New York. Jackson and others in Boston had received word of a coach accident that severely injured Mrs. Knox and some of their children. "To the astonishment of every body, Governor Bowdoin is yet living," Jackson reports, "for a week past every moment was supposed to be his last." Bowdoin "is a good and valuable man, and his death will be much lamented by his family and the public at large." Jackson comments on the performance of Knox's horse, "Boston," saying that Knox will not regret buying the horse. Lists items he is sending to Knox with Captain Barnard including cranberries for Mrs. Knox. Jackson remarks that he has heard "nothing further respecting the Fish, and I think it will not do for me to make the first advances on that head." |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Injury or Wound Health and Medical Charity and Philanthropy Transportation Government and Civics Death Diet and Nutrition Agriculture and Animal Husbandry |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) Bowdoin, James (1726-1790) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Children & Family; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |