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{"value"=>"278718", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 9435", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
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{"value"=>"Mar. 31, 1787", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1787-03-31"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to James Madison"}
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 8 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"He is pleased with the action of Congress in recommending the proposed convention; regrets infractions of the treaty on the American side; they have not learned the policy of placing one's enemy in the wrong; impossibility of adopting a monarchical government, at least until the present system revised by a full convention shall have proved a failure; he doubts the success of any system that shall not give means of coercion to the sovereign; the non-compliance of the states with the late requisition proves this; the delegates ought to come to the Convention unfettered, and adopt no temporising expedient, but probe the defects of the Constitution to the bottom; he would be pleased to hear of the admission of Vermont into the Union on terms agreeable to all; he told the leaders of New York years ago that terms would be more difficult for them the longer they delayed, and that the general interest was suffering; had the war continued longer, Vermont would have become a thorn in the side; the western settlements, without wise management, may be equally troublesome."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Washington, George, 1732-1799 (Mount Vernon, Va.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
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1787
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1787
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1787-03-31
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1787-03-31
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1787-03-31