The State Systems are an Accursed Thing
Document 1787Knox writes to King regarding the Constitutional Convention and other political matters. The conduct of France in establishing provincial assemblies is seized with great eagerness by advocates of State systems, but they do not bring into view the strong cement of royal authority supported by 200,000 soldiers. State systems are an accursed thing which will prevent the creation of a nation.
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Knox writes to King regarding the Constitutional Convention and other political matters. The conduct of France in establishing provincial assemblies is seized with great eagerness by advocates of State systems, but they do not bring into view the strong cement of royal authority supported by 200,000 soldiers. State systems are an accursed thing which will prevent the creation of a nation.
Date
07/15/1787
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Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1787071500000
Note
Francis S. Drake, ed. Life and Correspondence of Henry Knox (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1878), 95-96.
Notable persons
Rufus King
Henry Knox
soldiers
Congress
Notable locations
New York
France
western territory
Notable items
convention
Constitutional Convention
capital alterations
provincial assemblies
state systems
royal authority
nation
democracy