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- GLC#
- GLC02437.03832-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 6 April 1788
- Author/Creator
- Gorham, Nathaniel, 1738-1796
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Charlestown, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 19.4 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Reports, "The Legislature is up- & no great damage done- tomorrow for electioneering-" Expects that John Hancock will retain his post as Governor of Massachusetts. Predicts that General Benjamin Lincoln or James Warren will be elected Lieutenant Governor. Notes, "both sides are upon the stretch of exertion for the choice of Senators."
Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
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