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Butler, Pierce (1744-1822) [Notes on debate]: Whether the States Vote Equally or not....

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00819.24 Author/Creator: Butler, Pierce (1744-1822) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph manuscript Date: August 1787 Pagination: 1 p. ; 14 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Half sheet of paper. Not dated in Hutson. Debate concerning the equality of votes of the states and the danger to small states posed by large ones.

Signer of the U.S. Constitution.

Whether the States Vote Equaly [sic] or not there Can be no danger of the State Governments ans? If the Large States get a decisive Majority in the General Government, they may allow the Small States the Name; & that is all left them--the Large States having got a decided Majority in the General Government they will be indifferent about the individual State Governments; besides having a decided Majority they may pass partial Laws--

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