Manuscripts

To the representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in general assembly met. The memorial of the merchants and traders of the city of Philadelphia

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Description: The original manuscript of the April 6, 1785 memorial that was submitted to the Assembly, signed by George Clymer, John Wilcocks, Thomas Fitzsimons, Richard Wells, Mordecai Lewis, J. Ross, John Nixon, John M. Nesbitt, Samuel Howell, Isaac Hazlehurst and Tench Coxe. With the Assembly's clerk note stating that the petition was read twice, on April 6 and April 8.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1785, April 6.
Call number: mssHM 78886
Creator: Philadelphia merchants and traders(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Arthur L. Sherwood, December 2011.