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Fear that the new government in America will fail...



Item # 671777

February 13, 1784

THE EDINBURGH ADVERTISER, Scotland, Feb. 13, 1784 

* United States government to fail ?
* Post-Revolutionary War events


Page 4 has an interesting letter from Philadelphia to a friend in Glasgow noting in part: "Our government...is not yet well established; and I am really afraid that this country will experience some dreadful political convulsion before this desirable establishment takes place...different bodies...of the different colonies, and jealousy of each other, make this matter much to be dreaded."
Eight pages, 8 1/2 by 11 12 inches, nice condition.

Category: The 1600's and 1700's