Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790 to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: return from Convention
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03603 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Cambridge, 1742-1790 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1786/09/21 Pagination: 1p. + addr. + dock 32.6 x 21 cm Order a Copy
Robert Cambridge writes that he has just returned from "the Convention," and states that 4 states failed to appoint Commissioners. The Convention will attempt another meeting in May in Philadelphia, "with more enlarged powers, to proceed agreeable to the articles of confederation-."
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