ALS, retained draft, 1780 February 22 : Philadelphia, to the President of Congress.

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ALS, retained draft, 1780 February 22 : Philadelphia, to the President of Congress.

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Gerry writes: "I am informed ... that Congress have not yet considered ye Letter ... containing a Remonstrance against their Decision of ye proceeding Day, which I conceived had deprived me of an essential privilege of a Member of ye House. The reason assigned for this is that some of ye Gentlemen objected to my Mode of proceeding as unparliamentary and said 'that a Member who supposes his privileges infringed should remonstrate in his place and may there be heard."

2 p. ; 24 x 18 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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