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1804/08/08
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
to Benjamin Rush re: Rush's son, "Philosophy of Jesus"
Written in Monticello
GLC07840
1782/05/10
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
to "The Gentlemen of the House of Representatives"
Hancock argues that the bill making Sunday a day of Sabbath in Congress was improperly passed. The Constitution provided a set amount of time to rebuke a bill's passing, and others in Congress accused Hancock of sending his letter of rebuttal too...
GLC07917
1684/08/22
New York (N.Y.). City Council
A bill concerning burials
"Be it enacted by this Generall Assembly and by the authority of the same that within every parish within this Government there shall be one or more places apoynted for the Buriall of the Dead and before the Corps be Interred there shall be three or...
GLC03107.04859
10 February 1784
Hull, William, 1753-1825
to Henry Knox
Hull, commandant of West Point, describes his conflict with Major Sebastian Bauman, in charge of the artillery at West Point. Bauman refused to carry out Hull's orders requiring artillery to carry out regular garrison duties with infantry. In...
GLC02437.02948
13 February 1784
Transmits the proceedings of a recent court martial (GLC02437.02949). Reports that soldiers Samuel Sanders and Samuel R. Andrews, are sentenced to death for raiding the home and store of Quaker David Sands. The other participants are to receive 100...
GLC02437.02953
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