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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03274 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of letters to the French Ambassador to America, Comte de Moustier, from various American statesmen and Lafayette |
| Title | Gouverneur Morris to Comte de Moustier regarding thanks for information on France and American manners |
| Date | 3 December 1788 |
| Author | Morris, Gouverneur (1752-1816) |
| Recipient | de Moustier, Comte |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written by Morris as American Minister to France. Morris also writes that he "cannot flatter myself that my Country men and above all my Country Women will shew so much good Sense and such Sensibility as daily to render your Situation more and more agreable [sic]." He notes that American manners may not be "sufficiently advanced to have got around to what is quite natural." |
| Subjects | Diplomacy Women's History Global History and Civics France American Statesmen Government and Civics |
| People | Moustier, Eléonor-François-Elie, Comte de (1751-1817) Morris, Gouverneur (1752-1816) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Foreign Affairs; Women in American History; Government & Politics |
| 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 |