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Higginson, Stephen, 1743-1828 to [Henry Knox]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10209 Author/Creator: Higginson, Stephen, 1743-1828 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 8, 1787 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 37.2 cm, Width: 23.6 cm Order a Copy

Informs Knox that he (Higginson) spoke to Congress, including "Mr. Maddison," about forming a special convention to revise the Articles of Confederation. Discusses the need to draft a new document for the basis of government as the "Confederation is incompetent to the purposes for which it was established, the managing the affairs of the Union." States that "to delegate rights to Congress, and at the same time to withold from them the means of exercising those rights, is trifling and absurd." Watermarked with a IV and a hunting horn inside a crest with GR underneath. "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature.

Higginson, Stephen, 1743-1828
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Madison, James, 1751-1836

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