Letter to [James Warren] and portrait, 1776 June 15.

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Letter to [James Warren] and portrait, 1776 June 15.

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Gerry discusses the failure of the Canadian expedition in medical terms: "Congress are determined to search ye Wound & probe it to ye Bottom." He places the blame on Congress, alluding to a quote from the "Aeneid" in which a patient worsened under a doctor's care, enumerates the necessary enquiries and asserts that the future of the army depends on the answers. Gerry continues with the announcement that loan offices and commissioners will be appointed. One office will be in Massachusetts and the commissioners will be paid 1/8% on money borrowed. He hopes their friend Mr. A[dams] will receive the appointment. In a series of postscripts Gerry approves of members of Congress not holding a seat in the Massachusetts legislature; warns against sending military stores out of the colony with the exception of saltpeter about which Major [Joseph] Hawley should be notified; and questions the wisdom of allowing supplies to remain on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. An portrait of Gerry accompanies the letter.

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