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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03866 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0084] April-June 1788 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Henry Jackson regarding 10,000 of Knox's dollars |
| Date | 7 May 1788 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Jackson, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Knox writes a scathing castigation in response to Jackson's letter of 27 April, in which Jackson informed Knox he could appropriate 10,000 of Knox's dollars [in certificates] "without the least risque" (refer to GLC02437.03862). Knox writes, "I should indeed have been very unhappy at being informed that you barely entertained the idea of appropriating 10000 dollars of my public certificates which I deposited in your hands for safe keeping, but I am overwhelmed with astonishment by the information that you should actively appropriate out of them 5000 dollars without waiting to hear from me." Declares that the future care and support of his family depends on the certificates, thus they are of the utmost value to him. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Friendship Finance Children and Family |
| People | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Banking & Economics; Children & Family |
| 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 regarding the Doctors Riot of 1788 and financial matters Letter from Henry Knox to Henry Jackson regarding Knox's continental certificates Letter from Henry Knox to Henry Jackson regarding the return of 10,000 of Knox's dollars with immediate effect Letter from Henry Knox to Henry Jackson regarding the investment of 10,000 of Knox's dollars Letter from Henry Jackson to Henry Knox regarding the return of 10,000 of Knox's dollars and his apologies for causing Knox any distress |