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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00819.21 |
| From Archive Folder | Constitution and Constitutional Convention archive: Pierce Butler's notes |
| Title | Money Bills [and] Trade [with Pinckney anecdote] |
| Date | 31 August - 4 September 1787 |
| Author | Butler, Pierce (1744-1822) |
| Document Type | Miscellany; Government document |
| Content Description | Mentions the rejection of a clause rejecting the origination of money bills; also, additions concerning debts for the common defense, rejecting taxes of limited duration, trade, age and birth requirements for President. With a Charles Pinckney story on the verso of second leaf, entitled "to be acquainted with the Talents of the person Elected." |
| Subjects | Commerce Merchants and Trade Naturalization Economics Government and Civics Law US Constitution US Constitutional Convention Taxes or Taxation President Naturalization Election |
| People | Butler, Pierce (1744-1822) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Creating a New Government; Government & Politics; The American Revolution; Law; Banking & Economics; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | This collection of Pierce Butler's papers from the Constitutional Convention of 1787 provides unique views of the various conflicts that permeated the Constitutional Convention, while bringing to life the process of creating the United States Constitution. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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