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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01794.07 |
| From Archive Folder | Correspondence of Catharine Macaulay |
| Title | Earl of Buchan to Macaulay, Catherine about common people and liberty, Presbyterian pastors and her writing |
| Date | 25 June 1769 |
| Author | Buchan, David Steuart Erskine, Earl of (1742-1829) |
| Recipient | Graham, Catharine Macaulay |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | The local common people are simple and congenial to the spirit of liberty but are entrenched in the feudal system, making civil government weak and ineffective. He writes of Presbyterian tendencies to choose local pastors at the destruction of revolutionary patronage. He comments on the popularity of her writing. The 11th Earl of Buchan, David Steuart Erskine, (1742–1829) |
| Subjects | Women's History Politics Government and Civics Liberty Religion Woman Author Literature and Language Arts Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs |
| People | Graham, Catherine Macaulay (1731-1791) Buchan, David Steuart Erskine, Earl of (1742-1829) |
| Place written | Middleton, West Lothian, Scotland |
| Theme | Arts & Literature; Women in American History; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | After the death of her husband George Macaulay in 1766, Catharine Macaulay married an Anglican minister William Graham. Letters from her female descendants are in GLC 1795. Notable in that collection are letters of her daughter, Catharine Sophia Macaulay [Gregorie], to Macaulay while the latter toured America and France. This collection of Lady Catharine's correspondence was broken-up for public sale in 1993. The Gilder Lehrman Collection has also acquired other letters written to her, including GLC 1784.01-1800.04. There are approximately 190 items between these accession numbers. GLC 1784-1793 and 1796-1800 are individual documents written by important American figures including John Adams, Ezra Stiles, John Dickinson, William Cooper, Richard Henry Lee, Mercy Otis Warren and the pseudonymous "Sophronia." Most of the documents relate to the events leading the Revolution. A few, notably the letters from Mercy Otis Warren and "Sophronia" concern the new Constitution and the French Revolution. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |