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- GLC#
- GLC02437.04285-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 15 July 1789
- Author/Creator
- Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815
- Title
- [Letter from Jonathan Williams to Thomas McKean, forwarded to Henry Knox]
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 23.7 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Printed letter from Jonathan Williams to Thomas McKean, "Chief Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court of Pennsylvania." Forwarded to Henry Knox and signed by hand, "The Honble. H Knox Esq. from his affectionate & respectfull Friend & obedt Servant The author." A printed note at the top emphasizes that the author "offer[s] it for public consideration." Provides his opinions regarding commerce and international trade, and how these pertain to a legal case upon which Judge McKean has recently ruled.
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