Financial Woes for Government Warrants & Critical Status of Ratification in Virginia
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Financial Woes for Government Warrants & Critical Status of Ratification in Virginia
Description
States that he will draw on Wadsworth for $2000 if he "can get anybody to take the draft." Hopes that the Connecticut troops will be paid and marched soon. Asks that information be sent to him before Sunday, when he is scheduled to depart. States that "the business [of Constitutional ratification] in Virginia is critical...[and] will determine the fate of America." Notes that the state of trading rights on the Mississippi is of much importance to the [Virginia?] Congress, especially the Kentuckian delegates. Says he knows nothing about the opinions of New York, but hopes that New Hampshire will adopt the Constitution soon.
year created
1788
month created
06
day created
22
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
sent to location
Hartford
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth
Henry Knox
Connecticut troops
delegates
congress
Grayson
Monroe
Secretary of War
notable location
Hartford
New York
Virginia
Kentucky
New Hampshire
notable item/thing
Constitutional ratification
trading rights on the Mississippi
document number
1788062205010
page start
1
number of pages
4
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (4 pages) | NAX17 (4 pages) | Collection: Jeremiah Wadsworth Papers | B:138 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Jeremiah Wadsworth | Hartford | [n/a] |