Sketches of Debate in the First Senate of the United States, in 1789-90-91 |
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... Butler * ; Georgia - William Few * , James Gunn . North Carolina and Rhode Island not having adopted the Constitution , had no members in the Senate during the first session , but subsequently , from North Carolina appeared Samuel ...
... Butler * ; Georgia - William Few * , James Gunn . North Carolina and Rhode Island not having adopted the Constitution , had no members in the Senate during the first session , but subsequently , from North Carolina appeared Samuel ...
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... Butler . * Georgia - William Few * , James Gunn . North Carolina and Rhode Island not having adopted the Con- stitution , had no members in the Senate during its first session . On the day on which the Senate was organized by the ...
... Butler . * Georgia - William Few * , James Gunn . North Carolina and Rhode Island not having adopted the Con- stitution , had no members in the Senate during its first session . On the day on which the Senate was organized by the ...
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... Butler , Delany , McPherson . At Ells- worth's called on Mr. Clymer and Mr. Fitzsimmons . The very end of this visit was to concert some measures with them for the re- NOTE . - The following is a note to third volume of J. C. Hamilton's ...
... Butler , Delany , McPherson . At Ells- worth's called on Mr. Clymer and Mr. Fitzsimmons . The very end of this visit was to concert some measures with them for the re- NOTE . - The following is a note to third volume of J. C. Hamilton's ...
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... Butler , from South Carolina , appeared , and took his seat . Tuesday , June 9. The bill imposing duties on tonnage was read a first time , and Tuesday next was assigned for the second reading . The Senate proceeded in the second ...
... Butler , from South Carolina , appeared , and took his seat . Tuesday , June 9. The bill imposing duties on tonnage was read a first time , and Tuesday next was assigned for the second reading . The Senate proceeded in the second ...
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... Butler's party had conducted themselves with so little decorum , that any effect their arguments might have had was lost by their manner ; and nobody rose but themselves . This was really the most misspent day that I remember in ...
... Butler's party had conducted themselves with so little decorum , that any effect their arguments might have had was lost by their manner ; and nobody rose but themselves . This was really the most misspent day that I remember in ...
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