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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05725 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1810 |
| Title | George Clymer to Henry Clymer discussing business, politics and a studious young woman |
| Date | 19 November 1810 |
| Author | Clymer, George (1739-1813) |
| Recipient | Clymer, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Follows a letter to his son about his business affairs (not included) because he found himself with extra paper. Compliments a studious young woman named Eliza, possibly of some relation to them. Praises a discourse by Joseph Hopkinson, the author of "Hail, Columbia," as vindicating "the Country from foreign Calumny, and contempt." On commerce and British-French hostilities, he noted that merchants were not inclined to rest American welfare on "French faith" and that "If this uncivilized war goes on for a few years, we shall become the most formidable pirates that the seas have ever known." Clymer was a signer of the Declaration of Independence who at the time of this writing presided over the Philadelphia bank and Academy of Fine Arts. |
| Subjects | Women's History Education Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Merchants and Trade Commerce War of 1812 France Pirates |
| People | Clymer, George (1739-1813) Clymer, Henry (1767-1830) Hopkinson, Joseph (1770-1842) |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Naval & Maritime; Foreign Affairs; Women in American History; Education; War of 1812 |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Signer of the U.S. Constitution. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |