Olney, Jeremiah (1749-1812) to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04027 Author/Creator: Olney, Jeremiah (1749-1812) Place Written: Providence, Rhode Island Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 November 1788 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; 31 x 10 cm. Order a Copy
Briefly mentions military business related to arms and powder, then discusses the progress of ratification of the Constitution in Rhode Island. Writes that Rhode Island "again Refused to appoint a Convention for Considering the New Constitution in the Legal mode- the Question was put on Saturday last in the House of Deputies for a Convention, when after much debate it was Negativ'd by a Majority of three to one- after which (Mr. Hazzard an Implacable & potent Enemy to the New System & the Leading Character in all the Vile Politicks Carrying on in this Devoted State) brought forward a motion for Distributing Copies of the Circular Letter from the New York Convention... The Minority both in and out of the House took unwearied pains (during the Session) to obtain a Convention for Considering the New System in a Constitutional way- but Sir Reason & Argument avails nothing with those Vile Opposers to order and Good Government..."
Jonathan J. Hazard was an ardent anti-Federalist.
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