Butler, Pierce (1744-1822) All demands... against the United States
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00819.13 Author/Creator: Butler, Pierce (1744-1822) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 21 August 1787 Pagination: 1 p. ; 9 x 19 cm. Order a Copy
Quarter sheet of paper. Confirming the validity of debts incurred by the previous Congress which will devolve upon the new legislature. With addition in a different hand "The Legislature shall fulfill the Engagements and discharge the Debts of the United States."
Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
All demands written of States or Individuals against the United States Law be as good and valid under this present Government as the former--and all the duties & authority of Congress in this behalf shall devolve upon the Legislature.
The Legislature shall fulfill the Engagements and discharge the Debts of the United States--
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