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Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869 to H. H. Carroll

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00096.02 Author/Creator: Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 16 August 1841 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 26 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Discusses President John Tyler's veto of the Bank Bill. States in part, "Will not our friends rejoice? Will not the enemies of the Constitution dispair? ... Let the young men take from this, fresh encouragement in the darkest and most portentous hour never to dispair of the Republic." Letter is not addressed or signed but the recipient is identified in the seller's description and in GLC00096.01.

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
Carroll, H. H., fl. 1841-1843
Tyler, John, 1790-1862

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