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- GLC#
- GLC04865
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1789/05/20
- Author/Creator
- Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796
- Title
- to James Wilson re: Wilson's role in ratifying Constitution, appointment
- Place Written
- Richmond, Ga
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 18.4 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Wayne congratulates Wilson on the adoption of the Federal Constitution: "permit me to add that it was to a display of the perfect knowledge you entertained, & the plain elucidation you gave of the components of the System, which caused it to be approved by the [Ratification] Convention of Penna being the first that met...." Also congratulates Wilson on being appointed to the Chief Justiceship of the US (sic), and seeks a judicial appointment for himself.
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