Crocker, Joseph, 1749-1797 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.04401-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1 November 1789
Author/Creator
Crocker, Joseph, 1749-1797
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 30 cm, Width: 18.3 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Relates details of George Washington's visit to Boston in October 1789, and praises the Triumphal Arch that was erected to honor the occasion: "The Reception of the President in this Town, was beyond discription [sic] superb: you will see Accounts of it in our Papers but they are vastly short of the real pomp & parade. The Assemblee at Concert Hall, I am enformed by several Gentlemen, was superb beyond description. The Triumphal Arch adjoining the State House is yet standing, & does [g]reat Honor to the Inventors." Mentions an illness sweeping town, noting that it is called the "President's Cough" because its emergence coincided with Washington's parade. Describes the parade in detail: "The parade reach.d from the fortification to the State-House, opening to right & left & waiting the arrival of their beloved Father, from 11- O.Clock A.M. till 2 O. Clock PM, when he rode thro' the different Orders till he arrived at the Arch. The Affections of the Inhabitants have been like a troubled Sea, & have as yet not arrived to a proper calm. The President left Town on thursday morn." Page two contains a continuation of an apparently unrelated letter, GLC02437.04402. Address and docket for this letter appear on verso of GLC02437.04402.

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