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David Daggett: “This project originates entirely in a spirit of Jacobinism--it is a new theme on which to descant to effect a revolution…”

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This project originates entirely in a spirit of Jacobinism--it is a new theme on which to descant to effect a revolution in Connecticut.
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David Daggett
Federalist · Connecticut

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Daggett links the proposal for a new Constitution to revolutionary ideas reminiscent of Jacobinism.

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