Letter, 1798 July 16, Charleston, [S.C.], to [Jacob] Read.

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Letter, 1798 July 16, Charleston, [S.C.], to [Jacob] Read.

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Letter from Gadsden to Read thanking him for enclosing text of the address delivered 21 June 1798, by President John Adams, and expressing his approval of the President, "a better & firmer piece of Live Oak was not to be found in the United States, I ever had this opinion of him from my first acquaintance & every day since has established it." Gadsden comments further on recent political events, including the Alien and Sedition Acts and his support for a "constitutional Renunciation of our Treaty with France... & a safe and proper Alien Bill." Gadsden concludes his letter by describing work on recent publications.

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Gadsden, Christopher, 1724-1805

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Christopher Gadsden (February 16, 1724 – August 28, 1805) was an American politician who was the principal leader of the South Carolina Patriot movement during the American Revolution. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress, a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, a merchant, and the designer of the Gadsden flag. He is a signatory to the Continental Association and a Founding Father of the United States. ...

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Read, Jacob, 1752-1816

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Delegate and Senator of South Carolina; colonel in Revolution; served in S.C. House, 1781-1782, 1789-1794; Speaker of S.C. House, 1789-1794; delegate in Continental Congress; Federalist U.S. Senator, 1795-1801; judge of U.S. Court of the District of S.C., 1801-1816; husband of Catherine Read; brother of William Read (1754-1845). From the description of Jacob Read papers 1752-1816. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 44399358 Delegate to the U.S. Continental C...

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Beginning with the Revolutionary War and continuing through the Civil War, Congress passed numerous acts granting military land warrants to soldiers in order to encourage wartime enlistment in the army. From the description of John Adams, President of the United States of America, : to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting : land grant, 1799 Mar. 29. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 35641143 ...