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Otis, Samuel A., 1740-1814 to the Chancellor of New York re: plans for Washington's inauguration

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01748 Author/Creator: Otis, Samuel A., 1740-1814 Place Written: In Senate [New York] Type: Document signed Date: 1789/04/25-27 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 33 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Signed as Secretary of the United States Senate for the Committee appointed to Consider the Time, Place & Manner in which, and of the person by whom, the oath prescribed by the Constitution shall be administrated to the President of the United States. With an added note from the 27th changing the oath-taking place.

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