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Additional authors

1. Nicholson, John, 1757-1800.

Description

1. .06 linear foot (1 volume)

Summary

1. July 3, 1788 letter from Benjamin Blythe, at Cumberland County, to John Nicholson, at Philadelphia. Calls for a general convention of the state to meet at Harrisburg on Septmber 3, 1788, in order to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Endorsed by Nicholson.
2. This letter was printed in Paul Leicester Ford's ""The origin, purpose and result of the Harrisburg convention of 1788 : A study in popular government" (Brooklyn, N.Y., 1890).

Uniform title

1. The origin, purpose and result of the Harrisburg convention of 1788 : A study in popular government.

Subject

1. United States > Politics and government > 18th century
2. Constitutional amendments > United States
3. Pennsylvania > Politics and government > 1775-1865

Call number

1. MssCol 325

Access (note)

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Author

1. Blythe, Benjamin.

Title

1. Letter from Benjamin Blythe to John Nicholson, 1788 July 3.

Restricted access

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Added author

1. Nicholson, John, 1757-1800.

Added title

1. The origin, purpose and result of the Harrisburg convention of 1788 : A study in popular government.

Research call number

1. MssCol 325