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Sands, Comfort, 1748-1834 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03779 Author/Creator: Sands, Comfort, 1748-1834 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 3, 1788 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 19.2 cm, Width: 16.3 cm Order a Copy

Sands reports that he has just returned from the New York Legislature, and that Mr. [Egbert] Benson has asked him to relay that both branches agreed to hold a convention to decide on ratification of the United States Constitution. The convention is scheduled to meet at Poughkeepsie in June. Benson asks Knox to inform Boston.

Sands, Comfort, 1748-1834
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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