Person:Peletiah Webster (2)

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Peletiah Webster
 
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Name Peletiah Webster
Gender Male
Birth[1] 24 Nov 1726 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. Lebanon Vital Records, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    1:339.

    WEBSTER, Peletiah, [s. Peletiah & Joanna], b. Nov. 24, 1726

  2.   Webster, William Holcomb, and Melville Reuben Webster. History and Genealogy of the Gov. John Webster Family of Connecticut: With Numerous Portraits and Illustrations. (Rochester, New York: E. R. Andrews Printing Company, 1915)
    121-126.
  3.   Webster, Peletiah. A Dissertation on the Political Union and Constitution of the Thirteen United States, of North America: Which is Necessary to Their Preservation and Happiness, Humbly Offered to the Public
    1783.

    Peletiah Webster can be thought of as an early American economist and is considered by some as a contributing architect of the federal constitution of the United States (e.g., Webster 1783); however, the degree of this contribution has been controversial (Corwin 1912).

  4.   Corwin, Edward S. The Pelatiah Webster Myth
    1912.