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title:“William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington”
authors:William Ellery
date written:1789-9-8
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Ellery, William. "Letter to Benjamin Huntington." Creating the Bill of Rights. Ed. Kenneth R. Bowling and Helen E. Veit. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. 291. Print.
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William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington (September 8, 1789)

I don't think the amendments will do any hurt, and they may do some good, and therefore I don't consider them as of much importance. I am glad that the gentleman who talks so much from his stick, was disappointed in all his efforts to procure amendments.1 He is a restless creature, and if he don't take care, he will injure weaken the reputation for honesty to which I used to think he was justly entitled.

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