Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891 to Jabez True
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00034 Author/Creator: Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 10, 1849 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Informs that Rufus McIntire has been appointed marshal of Maine and states that President James Polk advised him of this beforehand. Mentions former President John Tyler and Zachary Taylor, who would be inaugurated president two months after this. "We once were Tylerized, I trust we shall not be Taylorized." Discusses what the various sectors of the Whig party think Taylor's course of action in office may be. "Ultra Whigs fear he will be the second edition of Tyler -- and the Taylor Whigs fear he will be ultra -- Northern Whigs are afraid of him on our territory & that he will veto the Jeffersonian Ordinance of [17]87 -- while Southern Whigs say & fear he will approve it ... " Also comments on other internal Maine politics.
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