Morris, John, fl. 1787 to Mrs. Morris
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03623 Author/Creator: Morris, John, fl. 1787 Place Written: Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 July 1787 Pagination: 12 p. : Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 18.9 cm Order a Copy
Writes a very long and detail letter to his wife about the news from the area and his application for half pay. Reports that "Doctor [Mr. Pendergass] had been playing the fool with one of his mades, the consiquances [sic] of which is by the help of malesious [sic] people he and his family is oblidged to leave the country." Mentions the doctor's wife could use a friendly face and asks his wife to call upon her. Says there has been no further news regarding the commissioners. Appears to be discussing a claim for payment he sent to the commissioners. States that if he does not receive payment before the commissioners' return in September he will not be able to send for her. Reaffirms that she is better off where she is now than she would be with him in his current situation. Discusses land laws that the states have been passing and the ramifications they may have on the people including loyalists. Voices concern that his creditors will no longer accept paper money. Mentions how a convention of the states being held at Philadelphia [the Constitutional Convention] may change how the government is run and the effects it may have on the British government and its citizens. Writes that the consequences of "that Convention will be be [sic] a total change in the Govrn:t of the states, and that a reunion with great Brittain upon some principals or other will be the plan that [all] the parties concerned in the late War will fix upon..."
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