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Clymer, George 1739-1813

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Works: 59 works in 72 publications in 4 languages and 257 library holdings
Classifications: z1215, 973.3
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3 editions published in in English and held by 69 libraries worldwide
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3 editions published in in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Clymer orders John Nixon and other members of the Pennsylvania Committee of Accounts to pay Owen Biddle one hundred pounds towards the payment of pikes ordered by the Committee of Safety.
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3 editions published in in English and held by 1 library worldwide
In this letter, Clymer, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania, reveals the extent to which American political leaders viewed government and its taxing authority not merely as an tool for furthering political interests, but also as an instrument of soulcraft--a means of moral betterment and character formation. To prevent the nation's republican experiment from unraveling into anarchy, many Americans were convinced that it was necessary to instill within citizens the kind of character, virtue, and moral ideals essential for self-government. Since rum and mollasses were produced by slave labor on West Indian plantations, a tax on alcohol stood out as an antislavery measure.
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2 editions published in in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Contains his opinions on Richard B. Sheridan and William Shakespeare.
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide
This collection contains legal papers, including deeds, patents, articles of agreement, power of attorney; also some letters from Clymer and John Reed to Samuel A. Law. Persons mentioned include Henry Drinker, Tench Francis, Samuel Meredith, and Thomas Meredith. Items dating after 1813 pertain to legal matters regarding Clymer's estate.
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1 edition published in in Undetermined and held by 1 library worldwide
Concerning an act for state collectors of finances.
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in Undetermined and held by 1 library worldwide
Certifying that three and one half gallons of Geneva gin, "marked and numbered in the margin, have been secured according to law."
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1 edition published in in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Clymer writes a brife note to Simpson regarding a transaction of $480.
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Personal and official correspondence and legal documents written or signed by all 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, most from the Revolutionary period. The papers relate chiefly to state and national political, financial, and military affairs. Correspondents include George Clinton, John Dickinson, William Lee, and George Washington.
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1 edition published in in English and held by 1 library worldwide
An order for John Nixon and others, the Committee of Accounts, to pay John Wilcocks £500, to be charged to the gun lock manufactory of the province. Signed by George Clymer, chairman of the committee.
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1 edition published in in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Clymer awaits a reply from Meredith regarding the preparation of a deed.
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1 edition published in in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Requests an immediate summary of accounts so that he can make a report to the Treasury.
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1 edition published in in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Tells Rawle that the revenue collector of Westmoreland and Fayette counties, Mr. Benjamin Wells, has written three depositions (not present) related to the "violences in the western country" for his consideration.
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Holograph request (1782 January 2) from Clymer for payment for service as delegate to the U.S. Continental Congress and on reverse of request, receipts (1781 March 26 and 1782 January 30) and pay order (1782 January 7); ALS (1790 July 16) and typewritten transcript of the letter from Clymer to his son, Harry, concerning issues raised before the U.S. House of Representatives; ALS (1793 March 27; Philadelphia, Pa.) from Clymer to Edward Hand concerning the whiskey tax rebellion in Pennsylvania; and certificate (1790s) signed by Clymer, supervisor of revenue, District of Pennsylvania.
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1 edition published in in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania, member of the Continental Congress, signer of the Constitution, and a representative in the first U.S. Congress Clymer writes to Edward Hand, the noted general and physician in Lancaster, PA, about the system for collecting the new federal tax on whiskey and beginning of the IRS.
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Items include: promissory note signed by George Clymer (Dec. 10, 1802); check signed by Charles Dickens (Dec. 20, 1845); signature of Daniel C. French; 1-page letter regarding an invitation signed by Elizabeth Gardner (July 31, n.y.); 1-page letter stating that he is sending a signed reproduction of his picture signed by L. Alma-Tademna (Oct. 3, 1907).
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1 edition published in in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Asks them "to pay to Nicholas Hicks on Order One hundred pounds on account of work done at Fort Island by order of the Committee of Safety."
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Speaks disparagingly of the "Constitutionalists" and says that they will soon convince "...all Mankind that they have neither sense nor Virtue enough to govern a Hord of Tartars. And as to the Constitution itself 'tis so shattered and battered by its Friends as hardly to be known again by its Makers." The reference is presumably to the continuing Congressional arguments on the Articles of Confederation.
 
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