Demos Crestfallen or Thunderstruck, Etc.
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Demos Crestfallen or Thunderstruck, Etc.
Description
Washington advocates the mouth of the Shenandoah River as the ideal location for the proposed arsenals and cannon foundries. He observes that the Democrats were thunderstruck by the dispatches from American envoys but have been revived by the misconduct of the [Adams] administration although their harmless chit-chat is less criticism than might have been expected.
year created
1798
month created
05
day created
06
author
sent from location
Mount Vernon
recipient
sent to location
Philadelphia
in collection
in image
note
Cited in McHenry to Washington, 06/26/1798.
cited note
Cited document addressed to the War Office
notable person/group
James McHenry
George Washington
Congress
enemy
Demos [Democrats]
Mr. [Benjamin Franklin] Bache
notable location
Philadelphia
Mount Vernon
mouth of Shenandoah River
federal city
notable item/thing
arsenals
cannon foundries
place of immense strength
inland navigation
shipping port at the federal city
water transportation to the western country
furnaces
forges
inexhaustible supply of water
harmless chit-chat
misconduct of the administration
chastisement
greater evils
document number
1798050640001
page start
1
number of pages
3
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | NYA12 (3 pages) | Collection: Washington's Family Papers, #538 | B:1, F:10 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | George Washington | Mount Vernon | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James McHenry | Philadelphia | [n/a] |