Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.03864-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
3 May 1788
Author/Creator
Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Ipswich, Massachusetts
Pagination
2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 22.8 cm, Width: 18.7 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Asks whether Invalid Regiments and heirs of those killed in battle or who died from sickness are entitled to army lands according to an Ordinance of Congress. Writes, "The Spirit of emigration to the western country is dayly increasing in the N. England States- we shall certainly have more than one thousand families at the Muskingum in the course of the present year, unless the natives should be so uncivil as to interrupt those already on the ground... Will all the Tribes who have relinquished their claim to ye lands we have purchased be summoned to attend ye treaty at Muskingum?" Assures Knox that Anti-Federalism has become unpopular in that part of Massachusetts. Speculates as to the possibility of New York's and Virginia's adoption of the Constitution. Encloses a letter from Duer & Platt (letter not included). Marked "private" on the address leaf.

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