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Letter from Benjamin Blythe to John Nicholson

Title: Letter from Benjamin Blythe to John Nicholson, 1788 July 3.
Author: Blythe, Benjamin.

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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Mixed material	Request in advance	MssCol 325	Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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Additional Authors

Nicholson, John, 1757-1800.

Description

.06 linear foot (1 volume)

Uniform Title

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

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Call Number

MssCol 325

OCLC

794690350

Author

Blythe, Benjamin.

Title

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

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Summary

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.

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).

Added Author

Nicholson, John, 1757-1800.

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