Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822 Notebook: Comments of the Delegates
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00819.09 Author/Creator: Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 1787 Pagination: 4 p. : 2 items ; 33 x 12 cm. Order a Copy
A long, narrow notebook, once probably a single folded sheet of paper, now two separate items. The notebook records comments by Lancey [Lansing], Patterson, Randolph, Hamilton, Wilson, Madison, Williams, Sherman and Ellsworth. The first item consists of a long narrow sheet containing two pages of writing. The second item is a sheet folded three times with debate notes on the first page, a number of blanks, and stray notes on the last page concerning Butler's personal business on the Walnut Street Wharf. Page 1 begins "Mr. Lancey [i.e., Lansing]," while the verso continues the text. Page 3 (second item) begins "States respecting finance...." Dated June 16 through July 1787
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