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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04791 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0097] October-December 1790 |
| Title | Samuel Breck to Henry Knox thanking Knox for looking after his daughter and discussing politics in Boston and the debts in Virginia |
| Date | 5 December 1790 |
| Author | Breck, Samuel (1747-1809) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Thanks the Knoxes for their hospitality toward his daughter. Reports that things in Boston are quiet and wishes the same for Virginia "but unfortunately Resolutions [regarding federal assumption of state debts] breath another Spirit. it is to be hoped their disorder will not become epidemical." The Congress is meeting the next day. Says Congress "cannot fail since no question of permanent residence will disturbe them." |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Children and Family Women of the Founding Era Women's History Entertaining and Hospitality Assumption of State Debt Government and Civics Washington, D.C. Congress Rebellion Debt Politics |
| People | Breck, Samuel (1747-1809) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Women in American History; Creating a New Government; Children & Family; Banking & Economics; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |