Former Major General Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee, III, of the Continental Army, in a letter to former Delegate James Madison, of the Commonwealth of Virginia, concerning the need to strengthen the Articles of Confederation because it is “The United States who ought to be able to aid the government of particular States in distress…”

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Subsequent Events:

References:

William M. Weicek, The Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution, (Ithaca, New York and London: Cornell University Press, 1972), 39.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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