Collection of 11 documents including letters and broadsides from various States Legislatures regarding a proposed Constitutional amendment on naturalization, including: 1. 4 Autograph Letters Signed to Governor Trumbull of Connecticut, 1 p each, from Governors James Woods (Virginia), Thos. Mifflin (Pennsylvania), Increase Sumner (Massachusetts), W.R. Davie (North Carolina); 2. 3 printed Acts from the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, 2 pp, [Boston, 1798], Evans 34066, with ANS from Trumbull to Sumner affixed to verso; Virginia, 1 p, [Richmond, 1799], Evans 36641; 2 copies from New Hampshire, 1 p each, [Portsmouth, 1799], Evans 25885; 3. Contemporary manuscript copy of the Delaware resolution of the legislature, 2 pp, Attested by John Caldwell and John Fisher; 4. ALS from Trumbull to Woods, expressing regret at Virginia's modifications, 1 p, January 21, 1799. On the heels of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, this collection of official letters and documents illuminates a proposed amendment to the Constitution that seems to have garnered much support at the time. Apparently, though, not enough. SOLD WITH: 14 contemporary ALS to and from Trumbull, 1799-1802, including letters from Governors Samuel Ashe (North Carolina), Woods (Virginia, 3 letters), Richard Bassett (Delaware), and Benjamin Ogle (Maryland), and John Drayton (South Carolina), mainly letters of transmittal.
Collection of 11 documents including letters and broadsides from various States Legislatures regarding a proposed Constitutional amendment on naturalization, including: 1. 4 Autograph Letters Signed to Governor Trumbull of Connecticut, 1 p each, from Governors James Woods (Virginia), Thos. Mifflin (Pennsylvania), Increase Sumner (Massachusetts), W.R. Davie (North Carolina); 2. 3 printed Acts from the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, 2 pp, [Boston, 1798], Evans 34066, with ANS from Trumbull to Sumner affixed to verso; Virginia, 1 p, [Richmond, 1799], Evans 36641; 2 copies from New Hampshire, 1 p each, [Portsmouth, 1799], Evans 25885; 3. Contemporary manuscript copy of the Delaware resolution of the legislature, 2 pp, Attested by John Caldwell and John Fisher; 4. ALS from Trumbull to Woods, expressing regret at Virginia's modifications, 1 p, January 21, 1799. On the heels of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, this collection of official letters and documents illuminates a proposed amendment to the Constitution that seems to have garnered much support at the time. Apparently, though, not enough. SOLD WITH: 14 contemporary ALS to and from Trumbull, 1799-1802, including letters from Governors Samuel Ashe (North Carolina), Woods (Virginia, 3 letters), Richard Bassett (Delaware), and Benjamin Ogle (Maryland), and John Drayton (South Carolina), mainly letters of transmittal.
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