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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03736 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0082] October-December 1787 |
| Title | Jeremiah Wadsworth to Henry Knox about reaction to the constitution in various states and the death of Knox's dog |
| Date | 23 December 1787 |
| Author | Wadsworth, Jeremiah (1743-1804) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Is happy to hear that Pennsylvania adopted the Constitution. Mentions the debates over the Constitution in Connecticut. Hopes to set out soon for New York "as soon as that business is over" and possibly attend Congress. Mentions that "Old Pluckemin" [a dog] has died. In a postscript, writes, "If Publius comes out in a pamphlet I would want to have a number" (likely a reference to the Federalist Papers). States that everything written about the constitution in New York is "forwarded under cover to our Wrong Heads - & every under hand manner taken to prevent our adopting it..." Recipient inferred based on content. |
| Subjects | US Constitution Government and Civics Politics Federalists Ratification Continental Congress Congress Petition Printing Journalism Revolutionary War General |
| People | Wadsworth, Jeremiah (1743-1804) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | 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 |