Lovell, James, 1737-1814 to Samuel Holten
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.020.14 Author/Creator: Lovell, James, 1737-1814 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter Date: May 8, 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 34 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy
Author inferred due to content and handwriting. Recipient inferred from content and from comparison to other items in the 1450.020 collection. Lovell praises Massachusetts but laments the failure of the states to contribute to the common cause. States that foreign troops are garrisoning West Point because they can feed themselves and are paid. He reports that the Quarter Master had to sell some provisions in order to ship others to a skeleton of an army in need of food and supplies. He writes extensively about the dismal financial state, inflation, and depreciation of the currency. He complains that the other 12 states are not doing enough to help the situation. "The old continental is dying by yards and inches." Letter is incomplete.
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