GERRY, Elbridge (Signer , Massachusetts). Autograph letter signed (“Elbridge Gerry”), to unidentified correspondent [possibly Joseph Trumbull], Philadelphia, 8 July 1776. 2 pages (recto and verso), 4to, tape remnant along top left edge of recto (and top right of verso) .
GERRY, Elbridge (Signer , Massachusetts). Autograph letter signed (“Elbridge Gerry”), to unidentified correspondent [possibly Joseph Trumbull], Philadelphia, 8 July 1776. 2 pages (recto and verso), 4to, tape remnant along top left edge of recto (and top right of verso) . “THE GENERAL AT THE HEAD OF HIS ARMY WILL CAUSE A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TO BE PUBLISHED & READ. MAY PROVIDENCE SUCCEED OUR ENDEAVOURS” A dramatic and historic letter from Gerry in Congress just four days after approval of the Declaration of Independence, discussing its transmission and publication to the troops, and its likely effect on the course of the war. “I rec’d your letters of the 3d and 5th instant, & suppose ere this reaches you, that the General at the head of his Army will cause the Declaration of Independence to be published & read. May providence succeed our Endeavours to maintaining support [of] it…I think it not improbable that the French intend a blow in the West Indies on its being ascertained that the United States of America are declared free & independent, & that this event ought to be communicated to their Governors and Commanders there without delay.” He turns briefly to the internal battles for command and rank within the Army, noting “Your letters relative to General Gates & Avery on one side & General Schuyler & Livingston on the other have [been] examined. Congress have the matter under consideration…” But then returning to the subject of Independence, he reports, “A formal Declaration is to be made of Independence at the State House this day & the burning of the King’s Arms to succeed it.” He understands the the demonstration was called for by the Committee of Safety of the Colony, the Committee of inspection, and several other groups, and he thinks it “spirited.” In a lengthy postscript he alludes to the Congress’s orders on supplying rations to the Army and returns to the jockeying for command among the top Generals. “Since writing the above, Congress have determined that General Schuyler is to have command & General Gates to continue under him…I wish bad consequences may not attend…” A remarkable letter from the dramatic, early days of Independence.
GERRY, Elbridge (Signer , Massachusetts). Autograph letter signed (“Elbridge Gerry”), to unidentified correspondent [possibly Joseph Trumbull], Philadelphia, 8 July 1776. 2 pages (recto and verso), 4to, tape remnant along top left edge of recto (and top right of verso) .
GERRY, Elbridge (Signer , Massachusetts). Autograph letter signed (“Elbridge Gerry”), to unidentified correspondent [possibly Joseph Trumbull], Philadelphia, 8 July 1776. 2 pages (recto and verso), 4to, tape remnant along top left edge of recto (and top right of verso) . “THE GENERAL AT THE HEAD OF HIS ARMY WILL CAUSE A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TO BE PUBLISHED & READ. MAY PROVIDENCE SUCCEED OUR ENDEAVOURS” A dramatic and historic letter from Gerry in Congress just four days after approval of the Declaration of Independence, discussing its transmission and publication to the troops, and its likely effect on the course of the war. “I rec’d your letters of the 3d and 5th instant, & suppose ere this reaches you, that the General at the head of his Army will cause the Declaration of Independence to be published & read. May providence succeed our Endeavours to maintaining support [of] it…I think it not improbable that the French intend a blow in the West Indies on its being ascertained that the United States of America are declared free & independent, & that this event ought to be communicated to their Governors and Commanders there without delay.” He turns briefly to the internal battles for command and rank within the Army, noting “Your letters relative to General Gates & Avery on one side & General Schuyler & Livingston on the other have [been] examined. Congress have the matter under consideration…” But then returning to the subject of Independence, he reports, “A formal Declaration is to be made of Independence at the State House this day & the burning of the King’s Arms to succeed it.” He understands the the demonstration was called for by the Committee of Safety of the Colony, the Committee of inspection, and several other groups, and he thinks it “spirited.” In a lengthy postscript he alludes to the Congress’s orders on supplying rations to the Army and returns to the jockeying for command among the top Generals. “Since writing the above, Congress have determined that General Schuyler is to have command & General Gates to continue under him…I wish bad consequences may not attend…” A remarkable letter from the dramatic, early days of Independence.
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