Letter from Charles Nisbet to William Young

Letter from Charles Nisbet to William Young
Number of Pages: 
8
Date: 
August 21, 1800

Charles Nisbet writes bookseller William Young to discuss various political and religious events in France, Ireland, and the United States. Nisbet mentions Napoleon Bonaparte, Thomas Jefferson, Mathew Carey, James Napper Tandy, Joseph Priestley, and others. "It is not probable that [France] suspected that a Corsican would conquer France, but" Nisbet explains that "this is the age of Revolutions." Transcript included.

Time Period: 
Location: 
I-McIntoshM-1965-5
Origin: 
Gift of Mrs. Andrew Duncan McIntosh, Jr. and Mrs. Alexander W. Keer