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Item Description

Title

Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, December 10, 1820

Creator

Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853

Published: August 16, 2006,  University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections

Description

Letter to wife. Topics include question of Missouri's acceptance into the United States by Congress and split between Northern and Southern members; federal deficit and consideration of reduction of pay for government employees; social life; invitation to dine at President James Monroe's.

Source Document

Crafts Family Papers, Box 3, Folder 9

Date of Source Document

1820-12-10

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

Subjects/People

• Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
• Monroe, James, 1758-1831
• United States. Congress -- Salaries, etc.
• Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs

Subjects/Topics

• Debts, Public -- United States
• Missouri compromise
• Slavery -- United States

Time period: 1820-12-10

Format: text, letter

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