Letter : Washington, [D.C.], to Theophilus Parsons, Taunton, Mass., 1823 Dec. 16.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

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Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States. Born on March 15, 1767 in the Waxhaw Settlement in South Carolina; though just a boy, participated in the battle of Hanging Rock during the Revolution, captured by the British and imprisoned. He worked for a time in a saddler's shop and afterward taught school before studying law in Salisbury, N.C. In 1788 he was appointed solicitor of the western district of North Carolina, comprising what is now the State of Tennessee. Upon the admission of T...

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Parsons, Theophilus, 1797-1882

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Parsons, a lawyer, was a professor at the Harvard Law School (1848-1869) and the author of numerous legal texts and religious essays. From the description of Papers, ca. 1848-1913 (inclusive), 1870-1881 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122590226 ...

Republican Party (U.S. : 1792-1828)

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Republican Party, also known as the Jeffersonian Republicans, organized in the early 1790s, became the direct antecedent of the present Democratic Party. From the description of Campaign speech of the Republican Party, circa 1800. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984650 ...

Baylies, Francis, 1783-1852

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Scholar, diplomat, politician, and historian. From the description of Francis Baylies papers, 1814-1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123540233 American politician, scholar, Congressman from Mass (1821-1827), author. From the guide to the Francis Baylies letters, 1817, undated, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Francis Baylies (1783-1852), scholar and statesman, was educated at the Bristol Academy in his hom...

United States. Congress

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Bills of the 96th Congress to provide for temporary increases in the public debt limit, and for other purposes. From the description of Public debt legislation, 96th Congress : legislative history of public debt legislation, 1979-1980. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 243776779 Bill of the 96th Congress to impose a windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil, and for other purposes. From the description of Crude oil windfall profit tax act of 1980 ...