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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 to Tilghman Ashurst Howard

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07931 Author/Creator: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 Place Written: Rip Raps, South Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1833/08/28 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 25.6 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Constitution, slavery, banking, methods of electing the President: "If I can...only succeed in banishing...corrupting influences...on the Constitution and [attempts] to make the government an engine of oppression to the people instead of the agent of their will..."

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Howard, Tilghman Ashurst, 1797-1844

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