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Gunning Bedford Jr. Death, 1797...
Gunning Bedford Jr. Death, 1797...
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October 12, 1797
INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE: AND THE UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER, Boston, Oct. 12, 1797.
* Gunning Bedford Jr. Death
* Governor of Delaware
Listed under the Deaths on pg. 3 is: At New-Castle, (Del.) the 30th ult. His Excellency Gunning Bedford, Esq. Governor of the state of Delaware. Other news of the day includes: "Affairs Of Ireland" and more with several interesting advertisements. 4 pages in good condition.
Background Information: Gunning Bedford, Jr. (1747 - March 30, 1812) was an Americanlawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware, who served as a Continental Congressman from Delaware and as a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787. He is often confused with Gunning Bedford, Sr. (1742-1797), an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution and Governor of Delaware.
Bedford was the quintessential champion of the rights of the small states; his experience in local politics, along with his service in the Continental Congress, taught him much about the political and economic vulnerabilities of states like Delaware. Unlike some other small-state representatives who looked to the creation of a strong central government to protect their interests against more powerful neighbors, Bedford sought to limit the powers of the new government. But when the conflict over representation threatened to wreck the Constitutional Convention, he laid regional interests aside and, for the good of the country, sought to compromise. source: wikipedia
* Gunning Bedford Jr. Death
* Governor of Delaware
Listed under the Deaths on pg. 3 is: At New-Castle, (Del.) the 30th ult. His Excellency Gunning Bedford, Esq. Governor of the state of Delaware. Other news of the day includes: "Affairs Of Ireland" and more with several interesting advertisements. 4 pages in good condition.
Background Information: Gunning Bedford, Jr. (1747 - March 30, 1812) was an Americanlawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware, who served as a Continental Congressman from Delaware and as a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787. He is often confused with Gunning Bedford, Sr. (1742-1797), an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution and Governor of Delaware.
Bedford was the quintessential champion of the rights of the small states; his experience in local politics, along with his service in the Continental Congress, taught him much about the political and economic vulnerabilities of states like Delaware. Unlike some other small-state representatives who looked to the creation of a strong central government to protect their interests against more powerful neighbors, Bedford sought to limit the powers of the new government. But when the conflict over representation threatened to wreck the Constitutional Convention, he laid regional interests aside and, for the good of the country, sought to compromise. source: wikipedia
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