S1E12 - Sherman's Letter to Governor Huntington about the New Constitution

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May 13, 202000:02:39Society & Culture

A letter that Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth wrote to the governor of Connecticut informing him of some of the powers given to Congress by the new constitution.

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