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Olney, Jeremiah, 1749-1812 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04471 Author/Creator: Olney, Jeremiah, 1749-1812 Place Written: Providence, Rhode Island Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 17, 1790 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 24.4 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Informs Knox that "the Legislature this Morning passed an act agreeably to the Recomendation [sic] of Congress ordering a State Convention, to Convene at South Kingstown on the first Monday of March next, to dicide [sic] upon the New Constitution - I have no doubt but the Convention will, in a Few days after they meet, readily accede to the Constitution." "Free" handwritten on address leaf with no signature.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Olney, Jeremiah, 1749-1812

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