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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05896 |
| From Archive Folder | Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era |
| Title | Autograph letterbook of outgoing correspondence |
| Date | 1785-1812 |
| Author | Langdon, John (1741-1819) |
| Document Type | Book; Correspondence |
| Content Description | Including letters to John Hancock, Patrick Henry, John Jay, Thomas Pickering, John Sullivan, Charles Thomson, James Bowdin, and other State governors regarding military affairs, state customs regulations and the need for interstate coordination, appropriations for the Continental Congress. The need for a stronger central government, the drafting and ratification of the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. |
| Subjects | Letterbook Military History Commerce Merchants and Trade Continental Congress Congress Government and Civics Finance US Constitution Bill of Rights |
| People | Langdon, John (1741-1819) Hancock, John (1737-1793) Henry, Patrick (1736-1799) Jay, John (1745-1829) Pickering, Thomas (1745-1829) Sullivan, John (fl. 1785-1812) Thomson, Charles (1729-1824) Bowdin, James (1726-1790) |
| Place written | Various Locations |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | bookshelf Signer of the U.S. Constitution. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |