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Autograph manuscript

Resolved... Territory of the States is too extensive to Consist of one Republic

August 1787

Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822

Recommends dividing the states into three allied republics.

GLC00819.23

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Autograph manuscript

[Notes on debate]: Whether the States Vote Equally or not....

August 1787

Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822

Half sheet of paper. Not dated in Hutson. Debate concerning the equality of votes of the states and the danger to small states posed by large ones.

GLC00819.24

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Autograph manuscript

In all Cases of Capture from an Enemy...

August 1787

Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822

Folded small folio. Fragments concerning trade and limitations on the judiciary's office, with an unfinished resolve. (J. Whatman countermark in paper)

GLC00819.25

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Document signed

Constitution [printing of first draft] [Committee of Detail]

06 August 1787

Constitutional Convention, 1787

Report of the Committee of Detail, the first draft of the Constitution, signed by Pierce Butler with his annotations. The leaves are printed recto only. Uncut and unbound, sealed in Plexiglas string mat. "We the People of the States of New-Hampshire...

GLC00819.01

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Autograph manuscript signed

And to make all Laws, not repugnant to this Constitution....

20 August 1787

Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822

Half sheet of paper signed "P. Butler." A brief fragment concerning Congress' power to legislate. Date from Hutson.

GLC00819.12

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Autograph manuscript

All demands... against the United States

21 August 1787

Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822

Quarter sheet of paper. Confirming the validity of debts incurred by the previous Congress which will devolve upon the new legislature. With addition in a different hand "The Legislature shall fulfill the Engagements and discharge the Debts of the...

GLC00819.13

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Autograph manuscript

The Legislature shall fulfill the foreign engagements...

21 August 1787

Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822

Quarter sheet, docketed on verso: "The Creditors." The word "foreign" inserted above in pencil. Date from Hutson.

GLC00819.14

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Autograph manuscript

But no regulation of Commerce or Revenue...

25 August 1787

Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822

Quarter sheet related to #819.15. Denies the federal government the right to give favor to the ports of one state over another. Note that this contradicts #819.15. Date from Hutson.

GLC00819.16

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Autograph manuscript

The regulation of Commerce or Revenue...

25 August 1787

Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822

Half sheet regarding the federal government's regulation of ports. Blank on verso. Date from Hutson.

GLC00819.15

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Autograph manuscript

The Members of the Legislature shall be ineligible to any Office...

30 August 1787