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Roberts, Jonathan (1771-1854) to Tobias Sellers

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04309.02 Author/Creator: Roberts, Jonathan (1771-1854) Place Written: Washington, D. C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 January 1818 Pagination: 2 p. : address : free frank ; 25 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses local Pennsylvania politics and governmental appointments. Mentions that he disagrees with a movement to tax the second Bank of the United States and its branches because he believes it will effect the bank's credit. Reports that the trial of John Anderson is over and he has been discharged. Addressed to Doctor Tobias Sellers of the Assembly, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Roberts was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania 1811-1814, and a United States Senator 1814-1821.

Roberts, Jonathan, 1771-1854
Sellers, Tobias, fl. 1818

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