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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01794.14 |
| From Archive Folder | Correspondence of Catharine Macaulay |
| Title | Lord Harcourt to Madam about her health and compares the English and French plus Lord Chatham on American independence |
| Date | 25 January 1779 |
| Author | Lord Harcourt (fl. 1763-1791) |
| Recipient | Graham, Catharine Macaulay |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | He expresses regret that she has been so sick and unable to travel, but is glad that she is feeling better now. He compares the English and the French. He mentions Lord Chatham's declaration to never acknowledge the independence of America, which, in Harcourt's translation, is fishing for a royal office. |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Health and Medical Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs France Declaration of Independence Revolutionary War Office Seeker |
| People | Graham, Catherine Macaulay (1731-1791) Lord Harcourt (fl. 1763-1791) |
| Place written | Harcourt House |
| Theme | Women in American History; Health & Medicine; Government & Politics; The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | After the death of her husband George Macaulay in 1766, Catharine Macaulay married an Anglican minister William Graham. Letters from her female descendants are in GLC 1795. Notable in that collection are letters of her daughter, Catharine Sophia Macaulay [Gregorie], to Macaulay while the latter toured America and France. This collection of Lady Catharine's correspondence was broken-up for public sale in 1993. The Gilder Lehrman Collection has also acquired other letters written to her, including GLC 1784.01-1800.04. There are approximately 190 items between these accession numbers. GLC 1784-1793 and 1796-1800 are individual documents written by important American figures including John Adams, Ezra Stiles, John Dickinson, William Cooper, Richard Henry Lee, Mercy Otis Warren and the pseudonymous "Sophronia." Most of the documents relate to the events leading the Revolution. A few, notably the letters from Mercy Otis Warren and "Sophronia" concern the new Constitution and the French Revolution. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |