Letter regarding Talbot Chambers, 1823 July 16.

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Letter regarding Talbot Chambers, 1823 July 16.

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A letter from Pettis, U.S. Representative from Missouri, to Secretary of War John C. Calhoun, detailing Colonel Talbot Chambers' 1817 arrest of several John J. Astor & Co. traders for trading among the Mississippi River Indians without a license, and Chambers' subsequent arrest on charges he detained them illegally.

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850

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John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. He is remembered for strongly defending slavery and for advancing the concept of minority states' rights in politics. He did this in the context of protecting the interests of the white South when its residents were outnumbered by Northerners. He began his political career as a nationalist, mo...

Chambers, Talbot W. (Talbot Wilson), 1819-1896

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John J. Astor and Company.

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Pettis, Spencer, 1802-1831.

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