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Sampson, Zabdiel, 1781-1828 to Aaron Hobart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06313.04.122 Author/Creator: Sampson, Zabdiel, 1781-1828 Place Written: Plymouth, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 December 1821 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket : free frank ; 24.8 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

Indicates that he voted against a bankruptcy law when a member of Congress, describing such laws as "one of the great evils that always to be avoided." Also notes that he believes the people of Hobart's district would vote overwhelmingly against a system of bankruptcy laws. Also discusses the election of Philip Barbour as Speaker of the House, explaining that he considers "it a triumph of the republicans over the Clintonians, who I have ever considered and viewed as federalists in disguise."

Sampson, Zabdiel, 1781-1828
Hobart, Aaron, 1787-1858
Barbour, Philip Pendleton, 1783-1841

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