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- GLC#
- GLC02437.04139-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 8 March 1789
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Edward Carrington
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 5 p. : docket ; Height: 23.6 cm, Width: 19.7 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Unsigned, but authorship inferred from handwriting. Discusses Carrington's last letter, in which he reported the winners of the Virginia elections and described his prediction that the electorate would "change their sentiments" to support federalism (see GLC02437.04119). Comments on the New York legislature, specifically the Senate and individual members. Also lists the number of Senators and Representatives from each state present in New York. Lastly, discusses Carrington's query about an appointment with the new government (see GLC02437.04119). Docketed by Knox.
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