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One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S. Macaulay dated January 1, 1786. Pertains to New Years Day, and visiting acquaintances.

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to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S.M. Gregorie dated January 10, 1786. Pertains to her mother's financial reports.

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to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S.M. Gregorie dated January 31, 1786. Pertains to updates of acquainitances and British government. Updates her mother on family friends' health and those traveling to the West Indies. Also...

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to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S.M. Gregorie acaulay dated February 7, 1786. Pertains to her mother's finances and publications. Expresses concern about her finances under the care of Mr. Rudd. Following the end of the...

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to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S.M. Gregorie dated February 28, 1786. Pertains to family finances.

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to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S.M. Gregorie dated March 10, 1786. Pertains to family finances and visits from a bishop and an acquaintance named Mr. Beckingham.

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to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S.M. Gregorie dated April 11, 1786. Pertains to finances and inquiry if she had received a birthday present she sent to Boston.

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to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S.M. Gregorie dated July 21, 1787. Pertains to her travel itinerary while visiting Paris.

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to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S.M. Gregorie dated August 9, 1787. Pertains to visiting Versailles and other sites in Paris. Also mentions missing her.

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to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S.M. Gregorie dated August 13, 1787. Pertains to her trip to Paris. Also includes her reasoning on why she thinks that she hasn't written back to her.

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to Mama

One letter addressed to Catherine Macaulay Graham from Catherine S.M. Gregorie dated April 17, 1790. Pertains to Mrs. Sands possibly taking her mother's place in something unidentified and mention of a fire.

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to Mama

One letter addressed to Catherine Macaulay Graham from Catherine S. Gregorie dated April 22, 1790. Pertains to communicating with a Mr. Wheaton who owes her mother a debt. Also includes her financial plans.

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to Mama

One letter addressed to Catherine Macaulay Graham from Catherine S. Gregorie dated May 20, 1790. Refers to her trouble breastfeeding and preparing for her son's christening. Provides news of neighbors, friends, and family.

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to Mama

One letter addressed to Catherine Macaulay Graham from Catherine S. Gergoire dated June 7, 1790. Pertains to naming her son and an impending mortgage. Also mentions her continuing trouble with breastfeeding and that she has hired a wet nurse.

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to Mama

One letter addressed to Catherine Macaulay Graham from Catherine S. Gregoire dated July 24, 1790. Pertains to her son David and daughter Catharine. Blames her mother for how she is raising her daughter. She comments on her writings.

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to Mama

One letter addressed to Catherine Macaulay Graham from Catherine S. Gregoire dated October 8, 1790. She provides details on her mother's mortgage.

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to Mama

One letter addressed to Catherine Macaulay Graham from Catherine S. Gregoire dated November 10, 1790. Pertains to returning home for the winter. Mentions the children and that she is pregnant again. Address leaf contains a brief note from Catherine...

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to Mama

One letter addressed to Catherine Macaulay Graham from Catherine S. Gregoire dated November 30, 1790. She has heard news of Mr. Montague's death after his illness. She reports on the weather and everyone's condition as well.

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to Mama

One letter addressed to Catherine Macaulay Graham from Catherine S. Gregoire dated December 11, 1790. She thanks her for the recent Christmas package but requests more lengthy, detailed correspondence. Provides updates on family members.

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to Mama

One letter addressed to Catherine Macaulay Graham from Catherine S. Gregoire dated January 3, 1791. She thanks her for the book, which her husband is now reading for the second time. She feels she has lost the spirit of patriotism due to past events...

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to Mama

One letter addressed to Catherine Macaulay Graham from Catherine S. Gregoire dated January 31, 1791. She thanks her for the ham and bacon, particularly as they have no farm at the time. She discusses their family's summer plans.

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to William Graham

One letter addressed to William Graham from Charles Gregoire dated April 11, 1791. He expresses concern for the health of his mother-in-law, and desires to know of any changes in her condition immediately.

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to William Graham

One letter addressed to William Graham from Charles Gregoire dated April 15, 1791. He reports the good news that his wife, Catharine has delivered a baby boy the previous night. He hopes that his mother-in-law is doing better.

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to William Graham

One letter addressed to William Graham from Charles Gregoire dated April 16, 1791. He reports that mother and son are doing well. He sends alcohol (sherry and madura) and requests a response when it arrives.

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to William Graham

One letter addressed to William Graham from Charles Gregorie dated April 21, 1791. He recaps the letters he has recently sent and again requests notice of the arrival of the wine. He assumes that not having received word of the condition of her means...

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to William Graham

One letter addressed to William Graham from Charles Gregorie dated May 31, 1791. Pertains to Graham's previous letter related to Catharine Macaulay Graham's recovery. Gregoire requests clarification of her health since the previous letter was...

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[Note identifying letter bundle from Catharine Graham to husband left to daughter Catharine S. Gregorie upon her mother’s death]

One undated note in the hand of Catharine S. Gregorie's daughter indicating that the correspondence between her mother, Catharine S. Gregorie, and her stepfather, William Graham was dated 1796-1820, and returned to her upon the death of her mother...

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to William Graham

One letter addressed to William Graham from Catherine S.M Gregorie dated August 16, 1796. Pertains to likely financial matters which are not explicitly expressed. Mentions that her husband and the children are doing well, though he has suffered from...

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to unknown

One note with text that reads, "Mrs. Fraser and my mother's letters to her."

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Catharine Macaulay Graham

One photo negative of an engraving of Catharine Macaulay with her birth and death dates.

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to Catharine Macaulay

Otis praise's Macaulay's "The History of England from the accession of James I to that of the Brunswick line" and her skill as an historian. States that "God & Nature...have been equally kind to both sexes" and it is only the "Tyranny of Custom" that...

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to Catharine Macaulay

"Sophronia" recalls the original goals and hardships of the first settlers of the New England colonies and offers her services in providing information to Macaulay. Draft of response letter comments on Sophronia's sentiments of public liberty...

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to Sophronia

Draft of letter commenting on Sophronia's sentiments of public liberty. She looks forward to future correspondence and publications from America relative to the present dispute.

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to Catharine Macaulay

Describes the patriotic spirit of men and a few women in America. While lamenting the frivolousness of many women, she acknowledges the national fervor of others, particularly among the most religious women of New England. Refers to Dickenson, Oho...

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to Catharine Macaulay

Praises men sympathetic to patriotic cause. Informs Macaulay that John Adams authored "Dissertations on the Canon & Feudal Laws" and encourages her to start correspondence with him.

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to Catharine Macaulay

Parliament's repressive laws have inflamed Americans; criticizes Britain for not sharing its triumph over France with its colonists. Convinced that the colonists are capable of governing themselves and that American legislatures should prepare for...

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to Catharine Macaulay

Discusses French criticism of her History and likens the ideal of a free America to that of ancient Israel. With Macaulay's note on p. 3 "I should not have..." Hopes that "a System of genuine Freedom may arise in America."

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to Catharine Macaulay

Warren describes the resolve of the people to resist "the strides of Wanton power" and fears the results, "an innocent Land Drenched [in] Blood." Believes that surely this destruction and anger can't continue much longer, particularly the blockade...

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to Catharine Macaulay Graham

Written after news of the beginning of the French Revolution reached America. Assesses the new government's prospects. Remarks, "we are too poor for Monarchy, too wise for Despotism, and too dissipated selfish & extravagant for Republicanism."...

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to Mercy Otis Warren

Compares French and American revolutions, describes American government, America's future, and her expectation that wealth from commerce will inevitably hurt democracy and rob the people.

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to Mercy Otis Warren

Expresses thanks for her book (which she hasn't yet seen), Macaulay's comments on Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution: "it is a vehement and virulent attack on the French constitution and Legislature for I must tell you that we in general...

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to George Washington

Knox introduces Catharine Macaulay Graham and her husband, James Graham, to Washington. Writes, "a glorious enthusiasm for the cause of general liberty and human happiness, has impelled this lady and her husband, to cross the atlantic to visit that...

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to Mr. Wilson

Encloses Catharine Macaulay's proposals regarding a subscription for her history (possibly referring to her book, A History of England from the Accession of James I to the Elevation of the House of Hanover). Writes, "If you could induce any...

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