Smith, Meriwether, 1730-1790 to the Freeholders of the County of Westmoreland
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02450.18 Author/Creator: Smith, Meriwether, 1730-1790 Place Written: Bathurst, Virginia Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 21 December 1788 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 38.5 x 31.5 cm. Order a Copy
Announces Meriwether Smith's desire to become a representative in Congress for the district containing Essex County, Virginia, through the upcoming election, the first under the recently ratified Constitution. Cites his public service during the Revolutionary War and his desire to improve the Constitution.
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