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King, Rufus, 1755-1827 to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06438 Author/Creator: King, Rufus, 1755-1827 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 June 1795 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 32.4 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Discusses problems among several of the southern states regarding border disputes. Writes that "[t]here is reason to believe that Georgia does not possess a legal title to any of the Lands south of the north Carolina southern Boundary line, & west of the Sources of the River Savannah ..."

Signer of the U.S. Constitution.

King, Rufus, 1755-1827

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