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Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829) to Christopher Gore

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08220 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 05 March 1810 Pagination: Order a Copy

Written to Governor of Massachusetts Christopher Gore. Explains his opposition to a proposed Constitutional amendment that would limit the life of an embargo act to 30 days after Congress enacted it. Countersigned by James Lloyd.

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