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Tyler, John (1790-1862) to Charles J. Faulkner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09111 Author/Creator: Tyler, John (1790-1862) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 January 1834 Pagination: 3 p. Order a Copy

Discusses divisions with Virginia, the South Carolina Nullification Crisis, and Andrew Jackson and the National Bank: "I have been called in the Enquirer 'the chief of Nullifiers' in Virginia--and yet I have not in 20 years changed my principles one iota. The course of S. Carolina has never met my approval, altho' I have not abused her as in a state of insurrection and rebellion."

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Tyler, John, 1790-1862

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