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- GLC#
- GLC02437.03605-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 15 July 1787
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Rufus King
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 31.3 cm, Width: 20.6 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Discusses politics in France, and how American statesmen are being influenced by the structure of government in France. Writes, "The conduct of France in establishing provincial assemblies, is seized with great eagerness by the advocates for the state systems [...] But they do not bring into view the strong cement of the royal authority, supported by two hundred thousand soldiers - The state systems, are the accursed thing which will prevent our being a national character." Declares his support of a strong, centralized government.
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