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Statehood politics -- West Virginia

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Subject Source: Local Lc

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Monongalia County Court Records, Grand Jury Presentment Regarding Virginia and Federal Legislatures

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4456
Content Description A presentment by the Grand Jurors of Monongalia County explaining their disapproval of recent acts by the United States Congress and the General Assembly of Virginia. (In legal terms, a "presentment" is the notice taken or statement made by a grand jury of an offense from their own knowledge without a bill of indictment laid before them.) The Jurors' complaint against the United States Congress regards a bill raising salaries for congressmen. Regarding the General Assembly of Virginia, the...
Dates: 1816