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1763-1791
Macaulay, Catharine (1731-1791)
Catharine Graham Macaulay papers, GLC 1784.01-1800.04 [decimalized]
Includes items between GLC 1784 and 1800.05, totaling approximately 190 items. GLC 1784.01 is a single item.
GLC01784
9 July 1770
Adams, John (1735-1826)
to Catharine Macaulay
This letter begins the Adams-Macaulay correspondence. Adams compliments Mrs. Macaulay for stripping "the false Lustre from worthless Princes and Nobles and Selfish Politicians." He refers to Macaulay's History of England.
GLC01784.01
August 1773
to John Adams
CM's retained copy noting that Hutchinson's fall will be an example to others who try to destroy American liberty.
GLC01785.02
23 March 1770
Bowdoin, James (1726-1790)
Co-signed by committee members Samuel Pemberton and Joseph Warren, transmitting the official statement on the Boston Massacre. Explains that they hoped she could intercede for them.
Refer to the Macaulay papers, GLC 1784.01-1800.04.
GLC01789.02
8 December 1772
Cooper, William (1720-1809)
Sends notes and proceedings of legal town meeting of Boston.
GLC01789.03
31 October 1770
Dickinson, John (1732-1808)
Argues that the Freeholders of America are firm in the cause of liberty. Associates the colonial cause with virtue and piety and implicitly identifies Britain with luxury and corruption. It is notable that so many colonists addressed their appeals...
GLC01790.01
1771
to John Dickinson
Response in draft form to Dickinson's previous letter, concerning her hopes that America confine its "lust for ornaments to the limits of their own ingenuity."
GLC01790.02
17 December 1770
Sends a piece of American silk as an expression of his admiration and gratitude for her.
GLC01790.03
25 March 1777
Requests assistance in writing a history of the present disputes. Reports the American people "continue spirited & determined." Complains "the English now in America seem to have lost all that humanity for which they were justly famed."
GLC01791.02
30 March 1770
Lee, Richard Henry (1732-1794)
to Catharine Macaulay.
Relating his admiration for Macaulay's spirit and love of liberty.
GLC01792
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