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Debate Over Reducing State Representation in 1780s
Lawmakers clash over trimming the number of representatives. Col Wadsworth and Col Stanley urge restraint while Hopkins defends liberty of the press and questions the timing of repeal efforts. The House weighs constitutional limits and town instructions in a fight over legislative size and costs.
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