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title:“Charles Pinckney in the House of Representatives”
authors:Charles Pinckney
date written:1798-5-10
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Pinckney, Charles. "Charles Pinckney in the House of Representatives." The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787. Vol. 3. Ed. Max Farrand. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1911. Print.

Charles Pinckney in the House of Representatives (May 10, 1798)

May 10, 1798.
The gentleman from Pennsylvania had said, with great truth, that it was the object of those who formed the Constitution, that the powers of Government should be distributed among the different departments, and that they ought not to be assigned or relinquished.

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