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Foote, Ebenezer, 1756-1829 To Philip J. Schuyler

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09636.12 Author/Creator: Foote, Ebenezer, 1756-1829 Place Written: Delhi, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 April 1809 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Ebenezer writes Philip telling him of the current mood regarding the constitution. He comments on the voting situation between Federalist and Anti-Federalist. He writes that he "has the pleasure of noting that it is certainly more favorable than it has been anytime for seven years past."

Schuyler, Philip Jeremiah, 1768-1835
Foote, Ebenezer, 1756-1829

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