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[List of states and corresponding Continental Congressman]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02888 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 6.7 cm, Width: 12 cm Order a Copy

Lists Congressmens' last names. Includes Samuel Osgood (Massachusetts), John Collins (Rhode Island), Phillips White (New Hampshire), Oliver Wolcott (Connecticut), Alexander Hamilton (New York), Silas Condict (New Jersey), Richard Peters, Jr. (Pennsylvania), Philemon Dickinson (Delaware), [Daniel] Carroll (Maryland), James Madison (Virginia), Abner Nash (North Carolina), and [John] Rutledge (South Carolina). Date of creation previously inferred and written in pencil in a different hand.

Collins, John, 1717-1795
White, Phillips, 1729-1811
Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
Condict, Silas, 1738-1801
Peters, Richard, 1744-1828
Dickinson, Philemon, 1739-1809
Carroll, Daniel, 1730-1796
Madison, James, 1751-1836
Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813

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