Clark, Abraham (1726-1794) to Jonathan Dayton
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00136 Author/Creator: Clark, Abraham (1726-1794) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 April 1794 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket : free frank ; 31 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Addressed to Dayton at Elizabethtown. States that the pending non-intercourse bill has gone through the stages and is now ready to be passed by Congress. Encloses a copy of the bill (not present). Comments on how the bill will do in the Senate.
Clark wrote this as member of Congress. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. His non-intercourse bill was directed against Great Britain and passed the House of Representatives but was defeated in the Senate when Vice President John Adams voted against it to break a tie.
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