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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01800.04 |
| From Archive Folder | Catharine Graham Macaulay papers |
| Title | Mercy O. Warren to Catharine Macaulay Graham regarding the French Revolution |
| Date | 20 September 1789 |
| Author | Warren, Mercy Otis (1728-1814) |
| Recipient | Graham, Catharine Macaulay |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written after news of the beginning of the French Revolution reached America. Assesses the new government's prospects. Remarks, "we are too poor for Monarchy, too wise for Despotism, and too dissipated selfish & extravagant for Republicanism." Discusses the struggles of the infant republic. |
| Subjects | Women's History Literature and Language Arts Global History and Civics French Revolution Government and Civics Economics Morality and Ethics Woman Author |
| People | Graham, Catherine Macaulay (1731-1791) Warren, Mercy Otis (1728-1814) |
| Place written | Plymouth, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Women in American History; Arts & Literature; Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Warren is the sister of the prominent Massachusetts patriot James Otis and herself an important early American historian and writer. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |