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- GLC#
- GLC07180
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1784/01/21
- Author/Creator
- Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
- Title
- to David Howell re: the "enemies of Republicanism," politics
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 3 p. : address : Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.2 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
"The enemies of Republicanism foment their discontents and join in the clamors. Let us submit to the five per cent import . . . the temper of our countrymen will for awhile lead them to prefer monarchy. Peace, order & justice in the public will soon reconcile them to a republic." Docketed.
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