Letter to Governor George Clinton, 1787 April 7.

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Letter to Governor George Clinton, 1787 April 7.

Letter written along with fellow Congressman J[ames Mitchell] Varum to Governor Clinton expressing their grievance over what they consider to be a slanderous article written about Rhode Island's legislature. The demand that the printer, Francis Childsin, "be repreheneded agreeably to the the laws of the state." Written at New York, N.Y.

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