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- GLC#
- GLC02437.09866-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 13 August 1800
- Author/Creator
- Bradford, Alden, 1765-1843
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Wiscasset, Maine
- Pagination
- 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 22.8 cm, Width: 18.2 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Mentions he was gratified that Miss [Lucy] Knox (Henry Knox's daughter) had a nice visit with them. Discusses the upcoming presidential election. Says he hopes the "Essex Jesuits" are unable to raise General [Charles Cotesworth?] [Pinckney] to the presidency. Comments the [Jesuits] party is not popular or influential. Expresses his desire for John Adams to be reelected and says Thomas Jefferson is the most dreaded candidate. Also discusses foreign politics and the issues with France and Britain.
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