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Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) to Benjamin P. Butler.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08084 Author/Creator: Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Place Written: Nashville, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 June 1837 Pagination: 7 p. : address : docket ; 25 x 20.2 cm Order a Copy

To the Attorney General; blaming the banks for the Panic of 1837: "The connection of banks with the government I have considered more dangerous to liberty than the union of church and state."

Butler, Benjamin P., fl. 1837
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

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