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title:	“Notes on Debates by Pierce Butler”
authors:	Pierce Butler
date written:	1787-6-26

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transcription citation:	Butler, Pierce. "Notes on Debates by Pierce Butler." Supplement to Max Farrand's The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787. Ed. James H. Hutson. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987. 120. Print.
manuscript source:	Photostat, Library of Congress

Notes on Debates by Pierce Butler (June 26, 1787)

Maddison. Each Interest ought to be represented. Property ought to be defended against the will of even the Majority. If we do not give it a just ballance or proportion of power, the Government can not last.