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Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874 to Solomon G. Haven

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04906 Author/Creator: Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 December 1839 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Discusses a debate at the opening of the 26th Congress. When New Jersey's representative seats were contested and the House was unable to count a full quorum to make necessary organizational decisions, issues such as states' rights and nullification entered a premature dialogue in the House of Representatives. He begins with the comment, "Here we are yet debating an impalpable abstraction." A member from Georgia, Cooper, "is now enlightening us on the sovereignty of the states, alias nullification." Fillmore compares the beginning of the 26th Congress, to the birth of a baby. He calls the congress a "new child," that will " ... come forth in its full strength before the doctors can agree whether it is possible for it to be born."

Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874
Haven, Solomon G. (Solomon George), 1810-1861

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