Tyler, John (1790-1862) President Tyler's Veto Message [of the bill to incorporate the Bank of the United States]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #:
GLC05491
Author/Creator:
Tyler, John (1790-1862)
Place Written:
s.l.
Type:
Broadside
Date:
16 August 1841
Pagination:
1 textile sheet ; 45 x 29.1 cm.
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Broadside printed on off-white silk and mounted on a wood backer board. Three columns of type with floral border and an eagle at top with a banner reading "E Pluribus Unum." Noted at top "For D.D. Davis." Tyler writes that he has always felt that Congress should not establish a Bank of the United States. Discusses the failure of previous national banks in the United States. Dimesions of the backer board are 45.5 x 30 x .8 cm.
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