Delegates to Congress . Letters of delegates to Congress, 1774-1789, Volume 24, November 6 1786-February 29 1788
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William Blount to To: Richard Caswell


Sir,
New York November 16th 1786

   As yet there have not appeared a sufficient Number of Members to form a Congress.

   I arrived here on the 5th Instant and did myself the honor to address a letter to You on the 6th. I sent it by a Water Conveyance and hope it will be to hand before this. Ever since the above-mentioned Time my Colleague Mr. Nash has been so much indisposed as to be confined to his bed at some Times better and again worse, today he appears to be as ill as at any other Time and talks much of returning to Carolina with Capt. Tinker who will probably leave this in eight or ten days. I have been thus particular respecting Mr. Nash to show the Necessity there is for some other Gentleman of the Delegation to come on and if the State mean to be represented by three, two ought to come on. The Insurgents in Massachusetts seem inflexably determined not to give up their arms only to a superior force and a Gentleman lately from that State high in Office and of the best Information has given it as his decided Opinion that much blood will be shed before they will submit to Government.

   I have the Honor to be, Your Excellency's Most Obedient Servant,

    Wm. Blount


Note:

   RC (Nc-Ar: Governors' Papers). Endorsed: "Recd. 30 Decr."



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