Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 to Catharine Macaulay
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01799 Author/Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 Place Written: London, England Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 31, 1778 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 21 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy
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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