David Williams letter, 1827 Dec. 28.

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David Williams letter, 1827 Dec. 28.

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Letter from David Williams of Lawrence County, Miss., to relatives in Wilmington, N.C. Williams discusses the hardships of farming and the difficulty of getting produce to market; the health of family members; the economic distress in the community caused by unfavorable cotton prices; the preference of some local farmers for sugarcane as a cash crop; his dissatisfaction with life in Lawrence County and plans to move his family to lands opened up by the Choctaw and Chickasaw land purchases; and the approaching presidential contest between incumbent John Quincy Adams and his challenger Andrew Jackson, who Williams contends is losing support in Louisiana despite his general popularity in western states.

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