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- GLC#
- GLC02437.05195-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 14 October 1791
- Author/Creator
- Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Richmond, Virginia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 19.6 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
References Knox's letter of 5 October, which enclosed John Pope's note for eight dollars. Knox sent Carrington a copy of a memorandum on a meeting he had with Pope on 5 October (see GLC02437.05187). Describes Pope as "unhappy in his habits of wandering, and is considered in a degree crazed. he was once a young man somewhat pioneering - his talents were more than common." Adds that even now, several scraps of poetry written by Pope are "not intirely contemptible." Relates that Pope left Virginia for Kentucky about 12 months previously. After that, Carrington heard he traveled to New Orleans. States that none of Pope's friends knew he was in Philadelphia, and tells Knox he "assisted a good and unfortunate man." Reports that Pope has connections in Richmond who are respectable, and it will be best if he stays with them and becomes fit to support himself. Stamped "FREE" on verso.
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