21 December 1788
Smith, Meriwether (1730-1790)
Manuscript document signed
Title: to the Freeholders of the County of Westmoreland
Announces Meriwether Smith's desire to become a representative in Congress for the district containing Essex County, Virginia, through the upcoming election, the first under the recently ratified Constitution. Cites his public service during the Revolutionary War and his desire to improve the Constitution.
GLC02450.18