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Item Description
Title
Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, July 31, 1842
Creator
Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Published: August 21, 2006, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
Description
Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include attendance at a church meeting in the Representatives Hall in the Capitol with a eulogy for Rev. Cookman, a former chaplain of Congress who was lost on the steamship President; Senate debate on the Tariff Bill and the unlikelihood that it will be altered much from the version passed in the House; expected veto of the Tariff Bill by President Tyler; Locofoco (Democrat) opposition to the Tariff Bill; treaty between United States and Great Britain.
Source Document
Crafts Family Papers, Box 6, Folder 3
Date of Source Document
1842-07-31
Digital Format: image/tiff : Text/Color: 24 bits; 300 ppi, Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL.
Subjects/People
- Cookman, George G. (George Grimston), 1800-1841
- Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
- Democratic Party (U.S.)
- Great Britain. Treaties, etc. United States, 1842 Aug. 9
- Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
Subjects/Topics
Time period: 1842-07-31
Rights: http://cdi.uvm.edu/about/rights
Permanent Link:
http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/craftsB06f003i007
Preferred citation
Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, July 31, 1842, Crafts Family Papers, Box 6, Folder 3, Special Collections, University of Vermont Library, http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/craftsB06f003i007 (accessed May 20, 2013)
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