Sedgwick, Theodore to W. Williams re: Jefferson-Burr election crisis
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05301 Author/Creator: Sedgwick, Theodore Place Written: Washington Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1801/02/11 Pagination: 1 p. + docket 25 x 20 cm Order a Copy
Written as Speaker of the House during the Jefferson-Burr election crisis. "15 ballots have been taken & no election."
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Washington 11 Feb 1801
My dear friend-
I have this moment recd. in the chair your Letter of the 31st ult- It is now 9. oclock- 15 ballots have already been taken & no election Jefferson has 8, Burr has 6 states and two are divided. There is no prospect of an election this evening- should it prove otherwise I will write you again before 4. oclock to which time I have requested the post master genl. to suspend closing the mail.
I am ever your affect.
Theodore Sedgwick
W.Williams
[2]
Mr. Sedgwick
11 Feby. 1801
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