Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822 Free persons, those bound to servitude for a term of years...
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00819.22 Author/Creator: Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 14 - 15 September 1787 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 8 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Two fragments written on front and back of a quarter sheet of paper. The front has part of the 3/5's clause. On verso begins "Prov'd that no Monopoly be granted"
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