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30 December 1824

Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 1764-1839

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George W. Featherstonhaugh

Asks about acquiring "a quantity of tares" and mentions that "poor [Henry] Clay is quite low-spirited." Van Rensselaer cast the deciding ballot for John Quincy Adams in the 1825 House vote for President (1824 election) held shortly after this letter was written.

GLC02505.40

14 October 1812

Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 1764-1839

Letter signed

Title: to Major General Henry Dearborn

Report of the U.S. defeat at Queenstown. " ...as I stand prominently responsible for some of these consequences, I beg leave to explain to you...and through you, to my Country, the situation and circumstances in which I have had to act...I shall cheerfully submit my self to the judgement of my country..."

GLC09027

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