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- GLC#
- GLC02437.04451-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 25 December 1789
- Author/Creator
- Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 32 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Expresses his satisfaction on their victory in the revolution and forwards Knox a letter. Writes, "I can assure you that whether I look back to the share I have had in the late glorious revolution, or forward to the prospects which open to view in consequence of this happy event; whether I reflect on our Escape from the galling yoke of depressing tyranny or on the fair chance now given for the spread of freedom & happiness through this immense continent I enjoy a pleasing satisfaction..." Noted as written in Harriton, which is the name of Charles Thomson's house in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
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