The full content of this document is only available to subscribing institutions. More information can be found via www.amdigital.co.uk
If you believe you should have access to this document, click here to Login.
| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03737 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0082] October-December 1787 |
| Title | Samuel Holden Parsons to Henry Knox about the dealings of the Ohio Company |
| Date | 24 December 1787 |
| Author | Parsons, Samuel Holden (1737-1789) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document; Legal document |
| Content Description | Writes that "By a Resolution of Congress the Ohio Company are intitled to sink their military Rights in the Purchase to the Amount of the Seventh of the Purchase Monies" and asks for documents to facilitate that end. Notes that he has contracted with the Connecticut commissioners "to run the lines of their Reserve to the Indian Boundary." Asks if the military there can assist him, if "a Post will be establish'd next Season near the Mouth of the Cuyahoga, or whither Capt. Hutchins will be directed to take the Course of Lake Erie next Spring." Recommends Mr. [Manasseh?] Cutler to replace Mr. Armstrong if the latter resigns his appointment in the West Country. Says that adoption of the federal Constitution is certain in Connecticut. |
| Subjects | US Constitution American Indian History Land Transaction Revolutionary War General Continental Congress Congress Frontiers and Exploration Westward Expansion Military History Continental Army Revolutionary War Finance Pension Government and Civics Ratification Letter of Introduction or Recommendation Fortification Surveying Boundary or Property Dispute |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Parsons, Samuel Holden (1737-1789) |
| Place written | Middletown, Connecticut |
| Theme | Law; Westward Expansion; 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 |