Langdon, John, 1741-1819 Autograph letterbook of outgoing correspondence, most 1785-88, 1805-8 & 1811-12
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05896 Author/Creator: Langdon, John, 1741-1819 Place Written: Various Places Type: Autograph manuscript signed Date: 1785-1812 Pagination: 1 v. (268 p. : ) Height: 32.3 cm, Width: 20.9 cm Order a Copy
Including letters to John Hancock, Patrick Henry, John Jay, Thomas Pickering, John Sullivan, Charles Thomson, James Bowdin, and other State governors regarding military affairs, state customs regulations and the need for interstate coordination, appropriations for the Continental Congress. The need for a stronger central government, the drafting and ratification of the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
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