Hancock, John, 1737-1793 to "The Gentlemen of the House of Representatives"

GLC07917

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GLC#
GLC07917
Type
Letters
Date
1782/05/10
Author/Creator
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
Title
to "The Gentlemen of the House of Representatives"
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
2 pgs. Height: 30.3 cm, Width: 18.3 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Hancock argues that the bill making Sunday a day of Sabbath in Congress was improperly passed. The Constitution provided a set amount of time to rebuke a bill's passing, and others in Congress accused Hancock of sending his letter of rebuttal too late. However, Hancock asserts that real time and the time that the House had been using were very different things.

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