Letter : Poughkeepsie, [N.Y.], to Stephen Van Rensselaer, 1788 January 27.

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Letter : Poughkeepsie, [N.Y.], to Stephen Van Rensselaer, 1788 January 27.

In a letter to Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler, writes; "A bill was brought into the Senate at an early day by Mr. Haring. The ostensible purport of which was to now model the oath of allegiance and other oaths of office. It contained however an oath for members of both houses besides the oath of allegiance so framed as that they should swear never to consent to any act or thing which had a tendency to destroy or alter the present constitution of the state..."

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