Letter to Dwight Foster in Brookfield from Solomon Drown, about shipping aboard a privateer, French arrival in Newport, and superiority of Virginia's constitution over Massachusetts'
Contributors: Foster, Dwight, 1757-1823 recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
Published: 1780
Place of publication: Providence, Rhode Island
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Sources; History
Notes: Holograph, signed.

Title provided by cataloger.

Dated: Providence, August 28, 1780.

Has heard of the happiness which has come to Foster's brothers. Has himself tried to ship on a privateer but has not found opportunity. Was in Newport to see the fleet "of our great ally." Comments on the people whom he met, Colonel Fleury, Patience Church, Mon. de Lilly, and Miss Sally. Has lost his father recently. Disapproves on the Massachusetts Constitution. Believes Virginia has acted more wisely.

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