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Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822 [Notes on debate]: Whether the States Vote Equally or not....

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00819.24 Author/Creator: Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph manuscript Date: August 1787 Pagination: 1 p. ; 14 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

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.

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