Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864 to Francis P. Blair

GLC03209.01

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GLC#
GLC03209.01-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1845/07/29
Author/Creator
Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864
Title
to Francis P. Blair
Place Written
Baltimore, Maryland
Pagination
5 p. : address : Height: 27 cm, Width: 20.7 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

States that he is no longer partisan in public, but in private he retains many feelings towards those he once supported. Mentions his surprise that "young Hickory," meaning James K. Polk, dismissed many friends of the old administration. Expresses his disbelief of Louis McLane's claim that he supported Andrew Jackson's veto of the Bank of the United States and affirms his own belief in the stability of state banks provided the Treasury Department supplies "a firm & steady hand."

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