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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 to William M. Price

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05138 Author/Creator: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 Place Written: Hermitage, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1838/05/07 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 30.9 cm, Width: 19.1 cm Order a Copy

Jackson writes of his reliance on the "virtue and incorruptibility, of the sovereign people" who will never surrender their sovereign power to the "despotic rule, and government, of a moneyed Rogocracy."

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Price, William M., fl. 1834-1838

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