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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.03835
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0084] April-June 1788 
Title Henry Knox to Jeremiah Wadsworth discussing the possible adoption of the Constitution across the United States
Date 12 April 1788
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Recipient Wadsworth, Jeremiah  
Document Type Correspondence; Government document; Business and financial document
Content Description 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.
Subjects US Constitution  Ratification  Revolutionary War General  Military History  Finance  Recruitment  Government and Civics  Politics  Federalists  Election  President  Wildlife  Diet and Nutrition  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Wadsworth, Jeremiah (1743-1804)  Henry, Patrick (1736-1799)  Madison, James (1751-1836)  Grayson, William (1736-1790)  
Place written New York, New York
Theme Government & Politics; Creating a New Government
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Additional Information Wadsworth was a sea captain and merchant who served as deputy and commissary general during the Revolution. He was a member of the Continental Congress in 1788 and was elected to the First, Second, and Third Congresses (4 March 1789 - 3 March 1795). Virginia ratified the Constitution in June 1788.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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