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- GLC#
- GLC02437.03640-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 21 August 1787
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to [Mercy Otis] Warren [incomplete]
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 5 p. : docket ; Height: 32.4 cm, Width: 20.6 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Discusses the proceedings of a convention (referring to the Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia) and mentions the Society of the Cincinnati. Says the Convention is coming to a conclusion and that the proceedings will likely end the 15th of next month. Weighs in on some of the consequences the Convention may bring and opinions others may have. Informs Warren about the recent loss of his and Mrs. Knox's youngest child.
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