Roger Sherman: "Letters of a Countryman" (November 14, 1787) - Milestone Documents

Roger Sherman: “Letters of a Countryman” (November 14, 1787)

( 1787 ) Commentary by Michael J. O'Neal, Ph.D.

“Many instances can be quoted, where people have been unsafe, poor and contemptible, because they were governed only in small bodies; but can any instance be found where they were less safe for uniting?” - “Letters of a Countryman,” November 14, 1787

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