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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.10212 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0084] April-June 1788 |
Title | Sylvanus Bourne to Henry Knox expressing concern about the ratification of the Constitution |
Date | 13 April 1788 |
Author | Bourne, Sylvanus (1761-1817) |
Recipient | Knox, Henry |
Document Type | Correspondence; Government document |
Content Description | Expresses concern about the ratification of the Constitution and what it might mean for his future career. Describes his "native Ambition of serving [his] Country in Some...capacity..." Asks for help in obtaining a government position and mentions prior experience in commerce and goes on to state that "the establishment of which on proper principles view as one of the great leading Steps to our future national greatness..." States that he has applied for a consulship in Spain. Watermarked "C Taylor" and with a hunting horn in a crest with "GR" underneath. |
Subjects | Office Seeker Government and Civics Diplomacy Ratification US Constitution Merchants and Trade Commerce |
People | Bourne, Sylvanus (1761-1817) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
Theme | Government & Politics; Merchants & Commerce |
Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
Additional Information | Bourne was the U.S. consul to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 1790-1791and Amsterdam, Netherlands from 1794-1817. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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