Clymer, George, 1739-1813 to Benjamin Rush re: coming glories of Constitution, future end of slavery & rum
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04769 Author/Creator: Clymer, George, 1739-1813 Place Written: New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: June 18, 1789 Pagination: 3 p. + FF 23.5 x 19.7 cm Order a Copy
Also concerns his hopes that slavery and alcohol would be abolished (prohibition), and the debate on the power to remove officials from office. He expects that the excise tax on rum will help defend people "against the poison." Concerning New Yorkers, "[t]he people here presumptuously call their town the Capital. I don't suppose this folly will be suffered to last very long...." Dating inferred per correspondence with Kenneth Bowling, Documentary History of the First Federal Congress.
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