Letter, Washington, D.C., to unknown recipient. [manuscript] 1832 Feb. 28.

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Letter, Washington, D.C., to unknown recipient. [manuscript] 1832 Feb. 28.

Regarding Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren's rejection a minister to Great Britain, and the election of 1832.

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