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Collection Reference Number GLC01794.04
From Archive Folder Correspondence of Catharine Macaulay 
Title Earl of Buchan to Catharine Macaulay about his bad financial situation, relaxation and marriage
Date 4 September 1768
Author Buchan, David Steuart Erskine, Earl of (1742-1829)  
Recipient Graham, Catharine Macaulay  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description He inquires after her health. He is without money and the "common decencies of my rank & character." He speaks of a tendency to remove oneself from public life for mental relaxation, and of matrimony. He wishes to discuss the affairs of America. The 11th Earl of Buchan, David Steuart Erskine, (1742–1829)
Subjects Women's History  Politics  Global History and Civics  Foreign Affairs  Marriage  Revolutionary War  
People Graham, Catherine Macaulay (1731-1791)  Buchan, David Steuart Erskine, Earl of (1742-1829)  
Place written Middleton, West Lothian, Scotland
Theme Arts & Literature; Women in American History; Foreign Affairs; 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
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