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20 August 1787
Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822
And to make all Laws, not repugnant to this Constitution....
Half sheet of paper signed "P. Butler." A brief fragment concerning Congress' power to legislate. Date from Hutson.
GLC00819.12
21 August 1787
All demands... against the United States
Quarter sheet of paper. Confirming the validity of debts incurred by the previous Congress which will devolve upon the new legislature. With addition in a different hand "The Legislature shall fulfill the Engagements and discharge the Debts of the...
GLC00819.13
The Legislature shall fulfill the foreign engagements...
Quarter sheet, docketed on verso: "The Creditors." The word "foreign" inserted above in pencil. Date from Hutson.
GLC00819.14
25 August 1787
The regulation of Commerce or Revenue...
Half sheet regarding the federal government's regulation of ports. Blank on verso. Date from Hutson.
GLC00819.15
But no regulation of Commerce or Revenue...
Quarter sheet related to #819.15. Denies the federal government the right to give favor to the ports of one state over another. Note that this contradicts #819.15. Date from Hutson.
GLC00819.16
30 August 1787
Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813
Objections to the Constitution as far as it has advanced...
Lists eleven objections to the Constitution (the 12th has been struck). Docket reads "Objections to the Constitution / by Mr. Randal."
GLC00819.18
31 August 1787
Mason, George, 1725-1792
[Various proposals:] The Council of State...
Large folio sheet. Unidentified handwriting. Also re: import duties, revenues, limiting terms and appointments of elected officials including the President, limits on the executive pardon authority and a rejected clause concerning revenues.
GLC00819.19
The Members of the Legislature shall be ineligible to any Office...
Quarter sheet concerning eligibility for offices. Date from Hutson
GLC00819.20
31 August - 04 September 1787
Money Bills [and] Trade [with Pinckney anecdote]
Mentions the rejection of a clause rejecting the origination of money bills; also, additions concerning debts for the common defense, rejecting taxes of limited duration, trade, age and birth requirements for President. With a Charles Pinckney story...
GLC00819.21
14 - 15 September 1787
Free persons, those bound to servitude for a term of years...
Two fragments written on front and back of a quarter sheet of paper. The front has part of the 3/5's clause. On verso begins "Prov'd that no Monopoly be granted"
GLC00819.22
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