From Tench Coxe to John Adams, 6 November 1793
From Tench Coxe
near Philada. Novr. 6. 1793
Sir
Altho my information concerning the state of the Disease, as I had the honor to communicate it in my last, was founded on answers to Enquiries made of three Physicians, it appears that a few persons, who remained in the Disease, have died since. We have had several days of rain, which is followed this morning by a bright cool day— the most favorable to the city. My house not being perfectly in order, and my present position being nearer to the Secretary of the Treasury than I should be in Town, I do not expect to remove for several Days, but I should have no Apprehension in returning to my house immediately—Of this I assure you.
The Government of the State is expected to convene in Philada., I think, before Congress—
The letters from General Wayne are the only public Intelligence we have here—1
With perfect respect I have the honor to be, / sir / your most obedt. / & most humble servant
Tench Coxe
RC (Adams Papers); internal address: “The Vice President.”
1. Extracts of Maj. Gen. Anthony Wayne’s letters of 13 and 26 Sept. to Maj. Gen. Charles Scott, emphasizing the threat of a Native confederacy that stretched from the Great Lakes to Georgia, appeared in the Philadelphia Federal Gazette, 5 November.