Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793 to Samuel Huntington
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05282 Author/Creator: Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 August 1790 Pagination: 2 p. ; 25.2 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy
Reports to the Governor of Connecticut about the actions of Congress in the most recent session. Encloses notes on the acts and laws passed (not present). Informs him of the provision for funding domestic debt and states that though both Houses agreed, it was not the favored decision of either. Remarks upon state debt, "The assumption of the State debts, will ease all the States of a burthen of direct taxation, and put the other branches of revenue under one direction." He also mentions the bills for defending the frontiers, regulating the Post Office, and ongoing negotiations with "about 30 Indian Chiefs from the Creek Tribes, now in this City, negociating a Treaty with the United States, which is nearly compleated, they appear to be well disposed for peace."
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