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Clark, Abraham, 1726-1794 to Jonathan Dayton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00136 Author/Creator: Clark, Abraham, 1726-1794 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: April 25, 1794 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket : free frank Height: 31 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Addressed to Dayton at Elizabethtown. States that the pending non-intercourse bill has gone through the stages and is now ready to be passed by Congress. Encloses a copy of the bill (not present). Comments on how the bill will do in the Senate.

Clark, Abraham, 1726-1794
Dayton, Jonathan, 1760-1824

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