James Warren to Elbridge Gerry on Matters Relating to the Revolutionary War, Including a Loss of Patriotism, 24 March 1777

Résumé du livre

Warren indicates that he has recently written a long letter to Mr. Adams that communicated all consequential information, so this letter is written out of friendship rather than to provide intelligence. Comments on the arrival of a French officer, who did not receive a proper welcome because of he arrived on a Sunday. Notes Impatience for the Arrival of the ships from France destined to Boston. Discusses concern over matters in the House regarding the army and the embargo, lamenting the venal spirit that he views as destroying patriotism during the American Revolution. Comments: I envy the Indians their simplicity and the savages their barbarism because they lack the commercial spirit he describes as attendant to civilization.