Substance of a complaint to Truman Smith, 1849 March 13.

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Substance of a complaint to Truman Smith, 1849 March 13.

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Complaint to Smith about government patronage in relation to the position of postmaster in an unnamed city. All positions were going to members of the LocoFoco party due to the influence of a "local gun factory". The author rails against the current postmaster, who in Hartford in 1849 was Normand Lyman.

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Connecticut Historical Society

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Smith, Truman, 1791-1884

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Whig representative from Connecticut. From the description of Letter, 1849. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145409160 A lawyer, U. S. Representative (1839-1843, 1845-1849), and Senator (1849-1854) from Connecticut, and later judge of the court of arbitration (1862-1870), who was one of the earliest Whig supporters of Zachary Taylor and managed his campaign for president. From the description of Newspaper prospectus, July 7, 1849. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Libr...