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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05887 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1821 |
| Title | A report of the debates and proceedings of the convention of the state of New York; held at the capital, in the city of Albany, on the 28th Day of August, 1821 |
| Date | November 1821 |
| Author | Clarke, L. H. (fl. 1821) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet; Government document |
| Content Description | Signed on p. 3 with Jefferson's coded initials "T.I." Compiled by L. H. Clarke. Published by J. Seymor. This Constitution expanded suffrage in New York. Debates include content on Negro suffrage and Missouri Compromise. Previously owned by John H. Peyton, with his signature on the front pastedown. Seven lines of manuscript on p. 367 (not Jefferson's hand), at the end of the index. Restored binding, with some chalk re-touching. This volume appears in the 1829 Nathaniel P. Poor sale catalog of Jefferson's Monticello library on page 11, item 690, as "Report of the Convention of New York, by Clarke, 1821, 8vo." |
| Subjects | State Constitution Suffrage Government and Civics Law President African American History Library Monticello Missouri Compromise Slavery Westward Expansion |
| People | Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Clarke, L. H. (fl. 1821) |
| Place written | New York |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Law; The Presidency; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Westward Expansion |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |