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- GLC#
- GLC00529.04-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 21, 1842
- Author/Creator
- Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
- Title
- to A. C. Paige
- Place Written
- New York
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Discusses slavery and the Union in relationship to politics. States, in part: "Whilst we cling to the Union we must yield to our sister states all that was intended to be secured to them by the Constitution." Also discusses publication of the letter. Marked "Private."
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