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Pelatiah Webster

1725 - 1795

About the Author

Pelatiah Webster was a Philadelphia merchant, and author of a number of pamphlets on the finances and government of the United States, most of which he reprinted in his “Political Essays” in Philadelphia in 1791.

In The Library:

• author: Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788 (1787)
• author: Political Essays on the Nature and Operation of Money, Public Finances and Other Subjects (1791)