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Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822 All demands... against the United States

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00819.13 Author/Creator: Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 21 August 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 9 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

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 United States."

Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822

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