Authors: Oliver Ellsworth

A Landholder 3

To the Holders and Tillers of Land. GENTLEMEN, When we rushed to arms for preventing British usurpation, liberty was the argument of every tongue. This word would open all the

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1787–1789

A Landholder 2

To the Holders and Tillers of Land. GENTLEMEN, You were told in the late war that peace and independence would reward your toil, and that riches would accompany the establishment

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1787–1789

A Landholder 1

To the Holders and Tillers of Land. The writer of the following passed the first part of his life in mercantile employments, and by industry and economy acquired a sufficient

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