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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00819.13 |
| From Archive Folder | Constitution and Constitutional Convention archive: Pierce Butler's notes |
| Title | All demands... against the United States |
| Date | 21 August 1787 |
| Author | Butler, Pierce (1744-1822) |
| Document Type | Miscellany; Government document |
| Content Description | Quarter sheet of paper. Confirming the validity of debts incurred by the previous Congress which will devolve upon the new legislature. With addition in a different hand "The Legislature shall fulfill the Engagements and discharge the Debts of the United States." |
| Subjects | Finance Economics Law Congress Government and Civics US Constitution US Constitutional Convention |
| People | Butler, Pierce (1744-1822) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Creating a New Government; Government & Politics; The American Revolution; Law; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | This collection of Pierce Butler's papers from the Constitutional Convention of 1787 provides unique views of the various conflicts that permeated the Constitutional Convention, while bringing to life the process of creating the United States Constitution. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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