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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Thoughts on the government]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08142 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: circa 1789-1806 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 16 cm, Width: 9.9 cm Order a Copy

Discusses his opinion on how the government should govern the territories: "every regulation which can be formed will operate, in the opinion of the unboundily [sic] avaricious as so many acts of tyranny which he has a right to [treat], therefore force must be used to [curb] such -"

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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