Breck, Samuel, 1747-1809 to Henry Knox

GLC02437.03604

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GLC#
GLC02437.03604-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
14 July 1787
Author/Creator
Breck, Samuel, 1747-1809
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
4 p. : docket ; Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 19 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Briefly discusses events concerning mutual friends. Emphasizes his support for the idea of a stronger federal government. States, "I fully agree with you in the necessity of a National Government & hope that a system, in some measure resembling ours, will be adopted, which operating upon the large scale must, in a relative view, reduce the powers of each state to that of our Counties, such a government in my humble opinion would extend its authority over all these petty states & increase in the proportion as they are ... " Adds that a strong central government will help quash rebellion. Also writes that "we have experienced a dangerous insurrection arising from in some part a jealousy between the Country interest & that of Sea Ports, happily however by a fair discussion of this subject in the late session, … the enmity entirely subsided ... " Also discusses [Robert] Morris's narrow extrication from financial collapse.

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