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Subject Area: Political Theory
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Topic: The American Revolution and Constitution

XXXV.: Jeremiah Wadsworth to Rufus King. 3 - Max Farrand, The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, vol. 3 [1911]

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The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, ed. Max Farrand (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1911). Vol. 3.

Part of: The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, 3 vols.

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XXXV.

Jeremiah Wadsworth to Rufus King.3

Yours of the 24th ulto. came to hand after our delegates had set out. I am satisfied with the appointment — except Sherman, who, I am told, is disposed to patch up the old scheme of Government. This was not my opinion of him, when we chose him: he is as cunning as the Devil, and if you attack him, you ought to know him well; he is not easily managed, but if he suspects you are trying to take him in, you may as well catch an Eel by the tail.

[3 ]C. R. King, Life and Correspondence of Rufus King, I, 221.