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- GLC#
- GLC02437.03409-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- January 7, 1787
- Author/Creator
- Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Pagination
- 6 p. : docket ; Height: 22.4 cm, Width: 18.2 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Letter contains Wadsworth's reaction to Knox's analysis of Shays' Rebellion and includes Wadsworth's own ideas on the matter. Believes that despite the actions of the insurgents, they and their supporters would not vote for anyone "who have not the will or ability to lead, or favor, measures for the establishment of a good government." Discusses recruitment efforts, as well as the poor state of his own finances. Comments on the status of trade with France, the West Indies, and Canada, as well as opportunities of coining copper. Mentions correspondence with Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the recently deceased Nathanael Greene.
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