Letter, 1823 March 13.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Letter, 1823 March 13.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122601346

In a letter to General Stephen Van Rensselaer, W.S. Archer, at New York, N.Y. writes; "I find opinion greatly divided here on the subject of the presidential election. Since you have declined election yourself you must keep the sentiment of the state straight in retaliation to Crawford, or we may be deprived of the political importance for the next eight or ten years to which we are entitled."

2 pages.

American Periodical Series I

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6784335

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 1764-1839

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6571fqz (person)

Eighth Patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck. From the description of Lease to Peter Hunt, 1793 October 23. [photostat]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122314819 8th Patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck. From the description of Deed, 1801 August 22. [photostat]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122601336 ...

Archer, William Segar, 1789-1855

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fn1ds2 (person)

U.S. senator from Virginia. From the description of William Segar Archer correspondence, 1845-1846. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449792 Politician, U.S. Congressman, 1820-35, U.S. Senator, 1841-47. From the guide to the William Segar Archer letter to Robert Gilmore, 1832, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia. From the description of Letter, 1823 March 1...

United States. President

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6934ph5 (corporateBody)

The President of the United States is the chief executive office of the United States. In contrast to many countries with parliamentary forms of government, where the office of president, or head of state, is mainly ceremonial, in the United States the president is vested with great authority and is arguably the most powerful elected official in the world. The nation's founders originally intended the presidency to be a narrowly restricted institution. They distrusted executive authority because...