Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793 to Samuel Huntington

GLC04841

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GLC#
GLC04841
Type
Letters
Date
1790/03/06
Author/Creator
Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793
Title
to Samuel Huntington
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
3 p. : docket ; Height: 23.2 cm, Width: 18.7 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Reports on legislative debates and progress in a number of areas, including using western lands to lower the national debt, honoring government securities, Alexander Hamilton's report on Public Credit, and the relationships between state and federal authorities. Comments on the worry of smaller states that assumption of debt by the federal government would erode state power. Adamantly supports protecting states' rights. Sherman was then a congressman from Connecticut. Huntington was the Connecticut governor. Docketed by Huntington.

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