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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.07035
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0135] September-December 1797 
Title David Cobb to Henry Knox on the sorry state of politics and foreign affairs
Date 1 October 1797
Author Cobb, David (1748-1830)  
Recipient Knox, Henry  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Responds to Knox's letter of 16 September 1797 with an apology for his "abrupt deportation from Montpelier." States that he has met with disappointments while participating in running the nation, commenting that "the inattention of our friends to this Country & me is unpardonable." Comments on Alexander Hamilton's recently exposed affair with Maria Reynolds. Possibly in reference to the Quasi War with France, General Cobb expresses a cynical hope for peace in regard to European affairs, claiming that the Old World is "too numerous and vicious to exist as Governments." Also comments on problems stemming from "Democracy" in Philadelphia, the quality of the country in Maine for farming, and his activities as a land agent. Cobb represented Massachusetts in congress from 1793 to 1795 and in 1796 became a land agent and farmer in Gouldsboro, Maine.
Subjects Corruption and Scandal  Government and Civics  Women's History  Quasi-war  France  Global History and Civics  Peace  Politics  Agriculture and Animal Husbandry  Waldo Patent  Land Transaction  
People Cobb, David (1748-1830)  Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Hamilton, Alexander (ca. 1757-1804)  
Place written Gouldsboro, Maine
Theme Government & Politics; Agriculture; Foreign Affairs; Women in American History
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859