Butler, Pierce (1744-1822) Free persons, those bound to servitude for a term of years...
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00819.22 Author/Creator: Butler, Pierce (1744-1822) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 14 - 15 September 1787 Pagination: 2 p. ; 8 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Two fragments written on front and back of a quarter sheet of paper. The front has part of the 3/5's clause. On verso begins "Prov'd that no Monopoly be granted"
Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Propos'd. That no Monopoly be granted or Trading Co. established--
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free persons, those bound to Servitude for a term Years and three-fifths of all other persons except Indians not Taxed
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