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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Jeremiah Wadsworth

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03835 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 April 1788 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; Height: 32.6 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Plans to transmit $29,000 worth of warrants from the Board of the Treasury to Wadsworth within the course of one week to pay for the recruiting service. Discusses Virginia's possible adoption of the Federal Constitution. Writes, "Mr. A[rthur] Lee informs me that by the elections it appears that 63 are against the constitution, and 67 - for These are all the elections excepting the back coun[ties]..." Mentions the attempts of Patrick Henry and Colonel [William] Grayson to influence the "back counties" against the Constitution. Notes that Mr. [James] Madison "seems to be of opinion that the majority at the first meeting of the convention will probably be against it." Notes that the Anti-federalists in New York are "indefatigable." Thanks Wadsworth for sending a gift of salmon.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799
Madison, James, 1751-1836
Grayson, William, 1736-1790

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