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Title
Letter to [Paine] Wingate
Names
Pickering, John (Author)
Wingate, Paine (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Federal Convention

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1789-07-01
Place: Portsmouth, N.H.
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. 4o
Description
Wingate's constituents deem the bill for the establishment of the federal courts derogatory to New Hampshire, because the State is made one district with the Province of Maine, whereas every other state is a district by itself; if Maine cannot be comprised in the district of Massachusetts, it should be made a separate district; distances, and the nature of the coast line, which favors smuggling, make the latter plan advisable.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 9552
Archives EAD ID: 278777
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8ec30970-6a38-0139-485b-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1789: Created
  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to [Paine] Wingate" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1789. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcf4e50c-cd06-6423-e040-e00a18061eb6

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to [Paine] Wingate" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 1, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcf4e50c-cd06-6423-e040-e00a18061eb6

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1789). Letter to [Paine] Wingate Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcf4e50c-cd06-6423-e040-e00a18061eb6

Wikipedia Citation

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Letter to [Paine] Wingate