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Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 to William Grayson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04995 Author/Creator: Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 January 1842 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 5.1 cm Order a Copy

Recommends a friend, Elias Brown, for the post of clerk of the court for Carroll County, [Maryland]. Informs that the Senate has the Exchequer scheme under consideration. Says that the Clay Whigs (Henry Clay) are against it. Mentions that they are also against President John Tyler and his administration especially Secretary of State Daniel Webster. Comments on the division in Whig ranks, "The division in their ranks can never be healed; and if it could, they can never rise under their present name, nor on the measures they support."

Calhoun, John Caldwell, 1782-1850
Grayson, William, 1788-1863
Brown, Elias, 1793-1857

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