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Letter from James Bowdoin to Richard Caswell
Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790
March 30, 1786
Volume 18, Page 587

HIS EXCELLENCY GOV. BOWDOIN, RESPECTING TRADE, TO GOV. CASWELL.
[From Executive Letter Book.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Boston, March 30th, 1786.

Sir:

Pursuant to the request of the Legislature of this Commonwealth, I have the honor to inform your Excellency, that they have acceded to the proposal of the Assembly of Virginia, for holding at Annapolis in Maryland, a Convention of Delegates from the several States in the Union, for the purpose of Considering the trade of the United States and their resolve upon the subject is enclosed.

I have the honor to be,
Wtih the most perfect regard Sir,
Your Excellency's most obedient
And Humble Servant,
JAMES BOWDOIN.