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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.07728 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0149] January-June 1802 |
| Title | Louis de Tousard to Henry Knox on an escape from a terrible appointment |
| Date | 26 April 1802 |
| Author | Tousard, Louis de (1749-1817) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses his strained and tensed relationship with [Henry?] Dearborn. States, "Not being a Roman Catholic yourself, you cannot appreciate the feelings of a poor soul after having remained a long while in Purgatory, when the Angel comes to announce him that the time of penance is fulfilled and takes him to Paradise. It is a grand pity indeed, because in two words I could tell you what are my feelings at Being no more under the Command of such a contemptible wretch as that Dearborn is - you can have no idea of all the malignity, ignorance, and mean petty tricks, which himself and assistants have made use of to ruin me… Congress has taken me from his claws and there remains nothing now but his disappointed villainy and my utmost contempt of the man." Goes on to tell Knox he will be traveling to the West Indies to either fight the "blacks" in Saint-Domingue or to care for his plantations there. Bids Knox and his family farewell. |
| Subjects | Religion Catholicism Morality and Ethics Congress Government and Civics Travel Caribbean Slave Rebellion Slavery African American History Immigration and Migration |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Tousard, Louis de (1749-1817) Dearborn, Henry (1751-1829) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Religion; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |