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Title
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GLC01800.04: Mercy Otis Warren to Catharine Macaulay Graham, 20 September 1789.
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Subject
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The New Nation, 1783-1815
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Description
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Written after news of the beginning of the French Revolution reached America. Assesses the new government's prospects. Remarks, "we are too poor for Monarchy, too wise for Despotism, and too dissipated selfish & extravagant for Republicanism." Discusses the struggles of the infant republic.
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Creator
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Warren, Mercy Otis (1728-1814)
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Source
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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (Collection)
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Date
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20 September 1789
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Relation
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GLC01800
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Extent
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4 p. : docket ; 23 x 19 cm.
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Language
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English
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Type
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Autograph letter signed
