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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.04157
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0088] March-April 1789 
Title Henry Knox to Mercy Otis Warren with news and views on politics
Date 29 March 1789
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Recipient Warren, Mercy Otis  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Unsigned, but handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox. Received her last letter, with its enclosure to Mrs. Montgomery. Will deliver the enclosure to Mrs. Montgomery's family while she is out of town. Was upset that he did not have time to visit her and her husband General [James] Warren while in Boston on business. Hopes to be able to visit them in Plymouth the next time he is in the area. Wishes she and General Warren would visit New York; suggests that if the length of the land route would deter them, they might have a "convenient, safe and pleasant" passage by water. Then discusses his beliefs on the principles of government, as well as philosophy and history as it relates to government.
Subjects Travel  Friendship  Transportation  Government and Civics  Philosophy  Revolutionary War General  Women of the Founding Era  Women's History  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Warren, Mercy Otis (1728-1814)  Warren, James (1726-1808)  
Place written New York, New York
Theme Women in American History; Creating a New Government
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859