Pilsberry, Levi, 1771-1819 to Joseph B. Varnum

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GLC#
GLC03845.04-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
December 10, 1800
Author/Creator
Pilsberry, Levi, 1771-1819
Title
to Joseph B. Varnum
Place Written
Winchendon, Massachusetts
Pagination
3 p. : address ;.
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Mentions visiting Varnum's home in Dracut, Massachusetts, but missing him since Varnum was in Congress at the time. Comments on the importance of education, both religious and civil. Discusses the growing strength of Republicanism, and asserts that the "success of the Christian Religion, depends much on the example and patronage of civil Rules." Inquires about the new city of Washington, D.C. Varnum was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1795-1811.

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