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Introduction
This is the only letter in the Dorr correspondence files signed by both Sullivan (1778-1858) and Lydia Dorr (1782-1859). In this letter, Thomas Dorr's parents beseech him to stop all proceedings to establish the People's Constitution. Sullivan and Lydia had just learned that their son had agreed to run for governor in the first election under the People's Constitution. The election was scheduled to take place April 18, 1842.