Title

GLC01799: Horace Walpole to Catharine Macaulay, 31 January 1778.

Subject

American Revolution, 1763-1783

Description

Discusses French criticism of her History and likens the ideal of a free America to that of ancient Israel. With Macaulay's note on p. 3 "I should not have..." Hopes that "a System of genuine Freedom may arise in America."

Creator

Walpole, Horace (1717-1797)

Source

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (Collection)

Date

31 January 1778

Relation

GLC01799

Extent

3 p. : docket ; 21 x 17 cm.

Language

English

Type

Autograph letter signed
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