James Warren, A.L.S. Milton [Mass.] Augt. 17th 1783 : to Elbridge Gerry

James Warren, A.L.S. Milton [Mass.] Augt. 17th 1783 : to Elbridge Gerry

Milton, [Mass.] 1783

[2] p. on 2 conjugate leaves ; 23 cm.

MSS L2013F82

The former president of the Provision Congress of Massachusetts (husband of Mercy Otis Warren) writes to Elbridge Gerry, who was serving in the Continental Congress, about his disillusion with politics and the abatement of revolutionary fervor: "I would tell you news if I had any but there is a Dead Calm. Inactivity has succeeded the Bustle & Turmoil of War. Peace & Plenty give it countenance, we must wait for time and some occurrence to raise a genius that shall make a figure of Tranquility. Perhaps such a one may arise soon and blaze like a new constellation. We may hope to see a mode devised for establishing public credit without sacrificing or hazarding our dear earned rights."
Silked.
For typescript transcription, see case file.

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