TRUMBULL, Jonathan (the younger) (1740-1809). Autograph letter signed ("J. Trumbull") TO WILLIAM WILLIAMS Signer of Connecticut, New York 12 July 1790. 3 full pages, 4to. Very fine condition.
TRUMBULL, Jonathan (the younger) (1740-1809). Autograph letter signed ("J. Trumbull") TO WILLIAM WILLIAMS Signer of Connecticut, New York 12 July 1790. 3 full pages, 4to. Very fine condition. MOMENTOUS ACTS OF THE FIRST CONGRESS: RESIDENCE, ASSUMPTION, AND WAYS & MEANS. A very fine letter from Trumbull, a Connecticut Representative in Congress, to Williams, a member of the Connecticut Governor's council and the husband of Trumbull's sister, reporting on debates and acts of the second session of the First Congress under the new Constitution. Trumbull promises "an account of our troubles, our contentions & our follies." "The great question of residence--which has so long agitated us -- & thrown a block in the way of all other great business -- is at last finished. A bill has passed...for removing [Congress] from this City to Philadelphia, where Congress are to remain for ten years , after which they are to retire to the Banks of the Potomac for a permanency." He sends a newspaper "that you may be informed of the variety of votes on the occasion." The agreement, he adds, "was finally affected by a close alliance between the state of Pennsylvania (the balancing state) & the Old Dominion [Virginia], involving certain stipulations"; he comments that Virginia will "in the event, be miserably duped, by Congress never moving further West or South than the State of Pennsylvania." Next, Trumbull writes "we shall now proceed to the great objects of the present sessions; funding, assumption, Ways & Means," though there exists "violent opposition from some quarters." In spite of this, Trumbull believes "assumption will undoubtedly take place," and the public credit is rising: "a proof of public confidence." Many other acts are under debate, and "a Bill for settling the great Account of the nation is almost completed, also the Post Office Bill..." The New England states "with New York & New Jersey, are extremely agitated with the Residence Bill...." which specifies that The nation's permanent capital will be situated on the Potomac.
TRUMBULL, Jonathan (the younger) (1740-1809). Autograph letter signed ("J. Trumbull") TO WILLIAM WILLIAMS Signer of Connecticut, New York 12 July 1790. 3 full pages, 4to. Very fine condition.
TRUMBULL, Jonathan (the younger) (1740-1809). Autograph letter signed ("J. Trumbull") TO WILLIAM WILLIAMS Signer of Connecticut, New York 12 July 1790. 3 full pages, 4to. Very fine condition. MOMENTOUS ACTS OF THE FIRST CONGRESS: RESIDENCE, ASSUMPTION, AND WAYS & MEANS. A very fine letter from Trumbull, a Connecticut Representative in Congress, to Williams, a member of the Connecticut Governor's council and the husband of Trumbull's sister, reporting on debates and acts of the second session of the First Congress under the new Constitution. Trumbull promises "an account of our troubles, our contentions & our follies." "The great question of residence--which has so long agitated us -- & thrown a block in the way of all other great business -- is at last finished. A bill has passed...for removing [Congress] from this City to Philadelphia, where Congress are to remain for ten years , after which they are to retire to the Banks of the Potomac for a permanency." He sends a newspaper "that you may be informed of the variety of votes on the occasion." The agreement, he adds, "was finally affected by a close alliance between the state of Pennsylvania (the balancing state) & the Old Dominion [Virginia], involving certain stipulations"; he comments that Virginia will "in the event, be miserably duped, by Congress never moving further West or South than the State of Pennsylvania." Next, Trumbull writes "we shall now proceed to the great objects of the present sessions; funding, assumption, Ways & Means," though there exists "violent opposition from some quarters." In spite of this, Trumbull believes "assumption will undoubtedly take place," and the public credit is rising: "a proof of public confidence." Many other acts are under debate, and "a Bill for settling the great Account of the nation is almost completed, also the Post Office Bill..." The New England states "with New York & New Jersey, are extremely agitated with the Residence Bill...." which specifies that The nation's permanent capital will be situated on the Potomac.
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