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- GLC#
- GLC05538
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1784/08/10
- Author/Creator
- Ellery, William, 1727-1820
- Title
- to unknown
- Place Written
- Newport, Rhode Island
- Pagination
- 3 p. : docket ; Height: 21.2 cm, Width: 16.9 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Asks his correspondent to deliver a letter. Requests that he be sent an act from his correspondent's state concerning interstate import duties. Discusses Rhode Island's opposition to impost duties called for by Congress under the Articles of Confederation. Remarks that he is looking to western territory for resources to diminish the public debt.
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