Gorham discusses politics with Knox
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Gorham discusses politics with Knox
Description
Letter, discusses Six Nations; mentions bill to regulate Indian proceedings; mentions Anti-Federalists; asks for appointment for son; discusses assumption.
short description
Ltr, dis bill to regulate Indian treaty
year created
1790
month created
04
day created
17
author
sent from location
Charlestown
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Nathaniel Gorham
Phelps
notable location
Charlestown
Connecticut
notable item/thing
Friends to the Government think it a most ill judged measure to make so serious a matter of the Quaker petition about the Negroes
to us who are at a distance it does appear surprising that the business should have been so zealously pushed at the infancy of the Government & at a time when of all others they ought to have avoided every thing that would tend to irritate
Constitution prevented any decisive measure
loss of the question of the assumption is by many attributed to this Quaker Negro business
unless Congress make greater dispatch in business they will exceedingly sink the the estimation of the People
tolerable compromise
personal acquaintance and influence with most of the great men
my son who is again returned to that country
spend his days there
likely & prudent young fellow about 25 years of age
in the same light as a man more advanced
unblemished character
employed consistently with their respective situations & the public interest
obliged to you
serve the public
essential reason
consistent with their own interest
speaking of the slowness of proceedings in Congress & comparing it with our own legislature
Antis
say that the advantage is infinitely in favor of the state legislature
in the Congressional proceedings that there is upon the anvil a bill to regulate proceedings with the Indians
wish your attention to it in such manner as to extend it to our Indians of the Six Nations
great consequence that those Indians should be kept in good temper
Southern Indians made application to them last Autumn to joyn with them in hostilities
after a long consultation they refused
those overtures will undoubtedly be renewed
if some attention is not paid to them they may be successful
vulgar and pettty general proverb that rich people and Mores only have the gout
there is no general rule without exception
laid high with it this week past being seized pretty violently in both feet
engaged to be in Connecticut next week
document number
1790041700201
page start
1
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| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | AJR04 (2 pages) | Collection: Henry Knox Papers. [microfilm] | V: 26, P: 35 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Nathaniel Gorham | Charlestown | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |