BIB_ID
104562
Accession number
MA 157.41
Creator
King, Rufus, 1755-1827.
Display Date
1787 Feb. 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.3 cm
Notes
Endorsed on recto.
Identity of the recipient from published excerpts from the letter.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed of Elbridge Gerry and others relating to the French Commission and the XYZ Affair. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Identity of the recipient from published excerpts from the letter.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed of Elbridge Gerry and others relating to the French Commission and the XYZ Affair. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin in 1907.
Summary
Concerning the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia; saying "Events are hurrying us to a crisis, prudent and sagacious men should be ready to seize the most favorable circumstances to establish a more perfect & rigourous Government - I hope you will be at leisure to attend the Convention - Madison is here - I presume he will be preparing himself for the Convention; you know he is a Delegate for Virginia; he professes great Expectation as to the Good Effects of the Measure."
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