Circular letter, 1837 Sept. 23, Charleston, S.C., to Hon. J.L. Tillinghast, House of Rep[resentatives], Washington, D.C.

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Circular letter, 1837 Sept. 23, Charleston, S.C., to Hon. J.L. Tillinghast, House of Rep[resentatives], Washington, D.C.

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Printed circular sent to U.S. Congressman J.L. Tillinghast, promoting upcoming pamphlet of collected letters to the editor written by Langdon Cheves which had appeared published in the Charleston Mercury. "The subscriber has in press, and will publish in a few days, the communications which have appeared in the Charleston Mercury, over the signature of 'SAY, ' relative to the Currency, and a bank of the United States, said to be from the pen of that able and distinguished financier, Judge Langdon Cheves, of South-Carolina." "The Pamphlet will contain from seventy to eighty large octavo pages, printed on good paper, and furnished at the rate of $5 for every twenty copies. All orders enclosing the cash will be forwarded as directed, by the earliest conveyance." Printed signature: E.C. COUNCELL, No. 1 Queen street, Charleston, S.C. Postmarked: Charleston, S.C., Sept 23, 1837, addressed to Hon. J.L. Tillinghast, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.

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