Bill Beer collection.

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Bill Beer collection.

This collection consists of a negative and positive photostatic copy and transcript of a letter datelined Paris, 16 May 1842, to Messrs. Levi Reynolds, Jr., William F. Caplan, J.P. Anderson, from Lewis Cass. The letter discusses a reply to the suggestion that Cass become the Republican Party presidential candidate.

.1 cu. ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7432558

State Archive of Michigan

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Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866

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Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was an American military officer, politician, and statesman. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was also the 1848 Democratic presidential nominee and a leading spokesman for the Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty, which held that the people in each territory should decide whether to permit slavery. Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, he attended Philli...

Beer, Bill, 1929-

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Whig Party (U.S.)

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