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- GLC#
- GLC04601.06-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 23 April 1811
- Author/Creator
- Smith, Philander, 1764-1824
- Title
- to Jedediah Smith
- Place Written
- Natchez, Mississippi
- Pagination
- 2 p. : address ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Writes to his brother in Massachusetts and sympathizes with his maladies. Informs that the family is all well but complains about the restrictions on commerce which if continued, threaten to hurt business in the Mississippi territory. The embargo has caused the price of cotton to go down for three straight years. Criticizes the administration and laments that many still support it despite its policies. " . . . it is a melancholy fact that four fifths of mankind are incapable of thinking for themselves and therefore become the instruments of the designing demagogue." Fears a war with Britain and explains that the port will suffer since it is so exposed. States he has had nothing to do with politics for three years so he will stop talking about them. Updates on the health and happenings of his family. States that although his wife is his second, she is still a good mother to the children. Gives regards and asks about Zebulon Smith.
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