Brearly, David, 1745-1790 to Jonathan Dayton
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00916 Author/Creator: Brearly, David, 1745-1790 Place Written: Trenton, New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: March 8, 1788 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 24 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy
One future signer of the U.S. Constitution to another. Brearly (also: "Brearley"), writing as Chief Justice of New Jersey, sends Dayton, then a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, a scale (not included) determined by the New Jersey legislature "for making compensation to the Troops for the depreciation of their pay." Docketed by Dayton on otherwise blank integral leaf.
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