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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03962 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1777 |
| Title | James Warren to Elbridge Gerry on matters relating to the revolutionary war, including a loss of patriotism |
| Date | 24 March 1777 |
| Author | Warren, James (1726-1808) |
| Recipient | Gerry, Elbridge |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Warren indicates that he has recently written "a long letter to Mr. Adams" that communicated all consequential information, so this letter is written out of friendship rather than to provide intelligence. Comments on the arrival of a French officer, who did not receive a proper welcome because of he arrived on a Sunday. Notes "Impatience for the Arrival of the ships from France destined to" Boston. Discusses concern over matters in the House regarding the army and the embargo, lamenting the venal spirit that he views as destroying patriotism during the American Revolution. Comments: "I envy the Indians their simplicity and the savages their barbarism" because they lack the commercial spirit he describes as attendant to civilization. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Friendship Military History France Navy Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs American Indian History Embargo Continental Congress Congress Politics Patriotism Commerce Merchants and Trade |
| People | Warren, James (1726-1808) Gerry, Elbridge (1744-1814) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Naval & Maritime; Merchants & Commerce; Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Warren was a Massachusetts legislator, Revolutionary organizer, paymaster general of Continental Army, member of Navy Board, and husband of historian and author Mercy Otis Warren. Gerry was then a member of the Continental Congress. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |