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Item Description

Title

Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, December 11, 1842

Creator

Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853

Published: August 22, 2006,  University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections

Description

Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include adjournment of Congressional session; Senate and House repeal of Bankruptcy Law; act for reducing pay of members of Congress and other officers of government would fix the compensation of members at seven dollars per day, and seven dollars for every twenty miles of travel, and reduce the pay, by twelve and one half percent, of all of officers of government who receive more than twelve hundred dollars a year; vote to release General Jackson's fine.

Source Document

Crafts Family Papers, Box 6, Folder 8

Date of Source Document

1843-02-26

Digital Format: image/tiff : Text/Color: 24 bits; 300 ppi, Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL.

Subjects/People

• Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
• Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.
• United States. Congress -- Salaries, etc.

Subjects/Topics

• Bankruptcy -- Law and legislation -- United States

Time period: 1843-02-26

Format: text, letter

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