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Autograph letter signed

to W. Williams re: Jefferson-Burr election crisis

1801/02/11

Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746-1813

Written as Speaker of the House during the Jefferson-Burr election crisis. "15 ballots have been taken & no election."

GLC05301
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Broadside

Twelfth Amendment, with notes, and draft of speech to the legislature at bottom

1803/10/17

12th Amendment with notations. The draft speech at the bottom of the page is the beginning of the speech GLC 5321.02.

GLC05321.01
GLC05321.02
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Autograph document

[Speech in favor of the twelfth amendment]

1803/10/17

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Pickering argues that the proposed twelfth amendment, which would reform the Electoral College, would help realize the intent of the framers and give the Constitution "stability and duration." Referring to the contentious, drawn-out presidential...

GLC05321.02
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Manuscript letter signed

to Isaac Shelby

1815/01/31

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Secretary of State Monroe sends a circular letter to the governor of Kentucky transmitting an act (not included) authorizing the raising of troops and requesting men from Shelby's state. Written a few weeks after the Battle of New Orleans and a few...

GLC05323
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Book

State papers concerning members of Jefferson's government

1808/03

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Compilation of printed "State papers" concerning principal members of Thomas Jefferson's governments. re: Privateering and shipping interests

GLC05349

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