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Varnum, Joseph B., 1751-1821 [Mr. Thatcher's Speech] [Fragment]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03845.22 Author/Creator: Varnum, Joseph B., 1751-1821 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: February 13, 1798 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 12.5 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Possibly in Joseph Bradley Varnum's hand. Mentions, via Harrison Gray Otis, the publication of a Constitutional report by Alexander Hamilton. Also notes George Thatcher claim that the "System was deficient" and that he could write a better Constitution in two hours.

Varnum, Joseph B. (Joseph Bradley), 1751-1821
Otis, Harrison Gray, 1765-1848
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
Thatcher, George, 1754-1824

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