Stewart, Walter, 1756-1796 to William Irvine re: opposition to Constitution

GLC04844

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GLC#
GLC04844
Type
Letters
Date
1788/02/20
Author/Creator
Stewart, Walter, 1756-1796
Title
to William Irvine re: opposition to Constitution
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
3 p. : address : Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 18.7 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Stewart writes to Irvine, a Penna. delegate to the Continental Congress: "It is expected by the Anti-Federal Party that very extensive Petitions will be laid before them against the new Constitution. I however think they have abated much in their Warmth since they see Massachusetts have come to it. [....] And they [the Anti-Federalists] at last say they think amendments may probably be made. I sincerely hope they will, as it would be a means of reconciling all Party's, and enable us to carry it through; Without them, the opposition will be so powerful as to clog its execution in too large a degree."

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