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- GLC#
- GLC05627
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1828/11/23
- Author/Creator
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
- Title
- to Thomas Butler
- Place Written
- Hermitage, Tennessee
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- The First Age of Reform
Celebrating his inevitable election over John Quincy Adams, "A triumph of the virtue of the people over the corrupting influence of executive patronage." Promises "my best exertions...to promote the interest & prosperity, of the whole union." Until 1854 each state could choose when to hold popular elections. Though the winner of the election was not official until December 2nd, enough states had held their elections for Jackson to be confident of victory.
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