GLC 1800.3. The Gilder
Lehrman Collection
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MERCY
WARREN (1728-1814). Autograph letter signed, dated Milton
[Massachusetts], 28 September 1787, to Catharine Macaulay.
Delegates to the Constitutional
Convention approved the Constitution of the United States
on 17 September 1787. Eleven days later Warren wrote this
letter to Macaulay describing the public reaction and her
own thoughts on the proposed document.
Almost every one whom
I have yet seen reads with attention, holds the page with
solemnity & silently wraps up his opinion within his
own breast.... |
