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- GLC#
- GLC06614
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 25 April 1836
- Author/Creator
- Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
- Title
- to C.S. Knapp
- Place Written
- North Bend, Ohio
- Pagination
- 9 p. : Height: 31 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Discusses at length the present state of the government and the unconstitutional and monarchal rule of the current president, Andrew Jackson. Quotes Edward Gibbons' "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," and George Washington. Expresses his views on democracy, the Constitution, and the principles of government. Ends by accepting the nomination for the presidency from the Anti-Masonic State Committee of Vermont, which Knapp headed.
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