Jackson provides further election information to Knox
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Jackson provides further election information to Knox
Description
Letter, discusses election of Federal representatives.
short description
Ltr, dis election of Federal reps.
year created
1790
month created
06
day created
22
author
sent from location
Boston
recipient
sent to location
New York
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Henry Jackson
[Lucy] Knox
Thomas
Brown
Jarvis
Gorham
Holton
Dalton
Cobb
Breck
Jones
George Cabot
Capt. Freeman
notable location
New York
Boston
notable item/thing
representatives from theeastward
done or said repecting the petition
highest number in the first instance
that closed the convention
court will rise tomorrow or next day
in favour of high salaries
influence of the Junto effectually did the business
candidates
House were determined to make a change and used every art to effect it
not able to obtain more than six votes for him at any time
no doubt but he will accept as his mind is formed on the subject
think it will be a great disappointment to him and will very much derange his family
this is since the one o wrote you by Capt. Freeman
I am sorry to inform you that the senate have also made claim of Mr. George Cabot y a mjority of twenty two out of thirty one and is therefore elected
document number
1790062240201
page start
1
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (4 pages) | AJS14 (4 pages) | Collection: Henry Knox Papers. [microfilm] | V: 26, P: 83 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Jackson | Boston | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | New York | [n/a] |