Huntington, Jabez Williams to Wolcott, Frederick, 1832 Dec 8
Item 4
Scope and Contents
Sends payment for a slip; calls the President's message "the most extraordinary document which he has ever signed"; mentions concessions to the South; confidence in the Bank of the US to be destroyed; public lands to be given to "all needy adventurers from every corner of the globe"; states that those who act together to preserve the union will not be "overawed wtih fear" and will sustain it as far as they can effect it and with it the interests in which they have contended for years; expects Vice President John C. Calhoun to be appointed to the Senate in place of Senator Robert Hayne who was elected Governor.
Dates
- created: 1832 Dec 8
Creator
- From the Collection: Wolcott, Frederick, 1767-1837 (Person)
- From the Collection: Wolcott, Oliver, 1760-1833 (Person)
- From the Collection: Huntington, Jabez Williams, 1788-1847 (Person)
- From the Collection: Wolcott, Betsey Huntington, 1774-1812 (Person)
- From the Collection: Rankin, Laura Maria Wolcott, 1811-1887 (Person)
- From the Collection: Freeman, Hannah Huntington Wolcott, 1803-1838 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 1.60 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
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