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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04426 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0092] November-December 1789 |
| Title | Jeremiah Wadsworth to Henry Knox, returning warrants and discussing the French Revolution |
| Date | 6 December 1789 |
| Author | Wadsworth, Jeremiah (1743-1804) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Returns warrants that Knox requested (refer to GLC02437.04422). Sends news that his family is recovering from influenza. Discusses the Marquis de Lafayette and the French Revolution: "Our friend the Marquis is indeed in a perilous situation, but he is in great spirits & I hope will succeed. Tho I fear they are [aiming] at more liberty than is consistent with good Government, I do not think France can for a great many years to come be governed by a very free Liberal system - but they were before wretched enough & it was time to make an experiment they could loose nothing but their Heads (the common people) & they could spare them well enough. if nobody had told them they were wretched I think they would not soon have found it out." |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Finance Health and Medical Disease Children and Family Freemen France Global History and Civics Freedom and Independence Government and Civics Poverty |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Wadsworth, Jeremiah (1743-1804) Lafayette, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de (1757-1834) |
| Place written | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Foreign Affairs; Health & Medicine |
| 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 Knox to Jeremiah Wadsworth concerning financial accounts and the French Revolution Letter from Henry Knox to Jeremiah Wadsworth discussing a financial transaction |