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Matlack, Timothy, fl. 1782 [Request of the Supreme Executive Council to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for clarification of a Constitutional point].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04465 Author/Creator: Matlack, Timothy, fl. 1782 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph document signed Date: 8 March 1782. Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy

Requests the state Supreme Court for an interpretation of the twentieth section of the Constitution of the State of Pennsylvania. Written as Secretary of the Supreme Executive Council of the State of Pennsylvania.

Matlack, Timothy, 1736-1829
Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council

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