Letters, 1821.

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Letters, 1821.

Two letters to Drake of Cincinnati, Ohio: one from John C. Calhoun at the Dept. of War, Nov. 29, 1821, and one from Lewis Cass in Detroit, Dec. 24, 1821, concerning the advisability of preparing a biography of Tecumseh.

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Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866

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Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was an American military officer, politician, and statesman. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was also the 1848 Democratic presidential nominee and a leading spokesman for the Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty, which held that the people in each territory should decide whether to permit slavery. Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, he attended Philli...

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...

Drake, Benjamin, 1794-1841

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Lawyer, editor, and biographer. From the description of Letter to John H. James [manuscript], 1840 April 7. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647875359 ...

Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813

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Tecumseh (born circa 1768, present-day Ohio – died October 5, 1813, Moraviantown, Upper Canada), Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands. A persuasive orator, Tecumseh traveled widely, forming a Native American confederacy and promoting intertribal unity. Even though his efforts to unite Native Americans ended with his death in the War of 1812, he became an iconic folk hero in American, Indigenous, and Canadian popular hi...