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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 to Leverett Saltonstall re: "the Constitutional check of the Senate"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07279 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Place Written: Quincy, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1834/07/29 Pagination: 1 p. : blank Height: 25.4 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

"It is...in the Senate alone, that the friends of our Union, and of its Free Republican Institutions, can find a solid foundation for the cheering hope that they will be preserved and redeemed...the Constitutional check of the Senate, fearlessly and faithfully applied."

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

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