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- GLC#
- GLC01946.16-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 30 June 1832
- Author/Creator
- Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
- Title
- to James William Paige
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Informs his brother-in-law that the 1832 tariff is before Senate; claims the tariff protects cotton interests, flannels, ingrain and Venetian carpets. Assumes the "Tariff Gentlemen" will likely approve the bill, though much rests on the wish of President Andrew Jackson. Claims he almost agreed with a man from "the other side" in order to return home expediently. In a post script, states that the House of Representatives defeated a postponement of the Bank Bill, with 75 votes in agreement and 100 against.
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