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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04401 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0092] November-December 1789 |
| Title | Joseph Crocker to Henry Knox reporting on the triumphal parade in honor of George Washington |
| Date | 1 November 1789 |
| Author | Crocker, Joseph (1749-1797) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Relates details of George Washington's visit to Boston in October 1789, and praises the Triumphal Arch that was erected to honor the occasion: "The Reception of the President in this Town, was beyond discription [sic] superb: you will see Accounts of it in our Papers but they are vastly short of the real pomp & parade. The Assemblee at Concert Hall, I am enformed by several Gentlemen, was superb beyond description. The Triumphal Arch adjoining the State House is yet standing, & does [g]reat Honor to the Inventors." Mentions an illness sweeping town, noting that it is called the "President's Cough" because its emergence coincided with Washington's parade. Describes the parade in detail: "The parade reach.d from the fortification to the State-House, opening to right & left & waiting the arrival of their beloved Father, from 11- O.Clock A.M. till 2 O. Clock PM, when he rode thro' the different Orders till he arrived at the Arch. The Affections of the Inhabitants have been like a troubled Sea, & have as yet not arrived to a proper calm. The President left Town on thursday morn." Page two contains a continuation of an apparently unrelated letter, GLC02437.04402. Address and docket for this letter appear on verso of GLC02437.04402. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General President Government and Civics Holidays and Celebrations Architecture Entertaining and Hospitality Journalism Health and Medical Disease |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Crocker, Joseph (1749-1797) Washington, George (1732-1799) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The Presidency; The American Revolution; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Crocker was a Harvard graduate, Revolutionary War soldier, and a member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati (for a full biography of Crocker, please refer to the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati's records). |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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