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Domestic News June 16, 1794

The Patowmac Guardian, And Berkeley Advertiser

Martinsburg, Shepherdstown, Berkeley County, Jefferson County, West Virginia

What is this article about?

Respectable inhabitants of Kentucky met in Lexington on the 19th ult. to discuss navigation rights on the Mississippi River, opting to defer resolutions and appointing a committee to organize a general meeting the following Saturday.

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At a numerous meeting of respectable inhabitants of the State of Kentucky, held at Lexington, on the 19th ult. they proceeded to take under consideration their right to the navigation of the river Mississippi; and being impressed with the importance of the subject, declined coming to any resolutions thereon until the sense of the people was more generally known: Whereupon, a committee was appointed to give public notice to the people of that State, that a general meeting would be held at the same place, on the Saturday following, for that purpose.

What sub-type of article is it?

Politics

What keywords are associated?

Kentucky Meeting Mississippi Navigation Public Assembly River Rights

Where did it happen?

Lexington, State Of Kentucky

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Lexington, State Of Kentucky

Event Date

19th Ult. And Saturday Following

Outcome

committee appointed to give public notice for a general meeting

Event Details

At a numerous meeting of respectable inhabitants of the State of Kentucky, held at Lexington, on the 19th ult., they took under consideration their right to the navigation of the river Mississippi, declined resolutions until the sense of the people was more generally known, and appointed a committee to notify the people of a general meeting on the Saturday following.

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