John Peter Richardson papers, 1837-1844.

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John Peter Richardson papers, 1837-1844.

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Letter, 9 Oct. 1837, to publishers Gales & Seaton requesting copes of General [Waddy] Thompson's speech in Congress. Letter, 14 Mar. 1838, (Washington, D.C.), to Col. James Chesnut (Camden, S.C.), reporting [Franklin Harper] Elmore's service on a committee to investigate a duel between Jonathan Cilley and William Jordan Graves; the premeditated and personal attack of [Henry] Clay and [Daniel] Webster on [John C.] Calhoun re currency question and their abuse of Nullification Doctrine; failure of [William C. Preston] to aide Calhoun; the dangerous situation re the Abolition question; plans to decline re-election, and enclosing receipt for subscription to the U.S. Magazine, and reporting his liberal contribution to the establishment of the Washington Chronicle. Letter, 13 Apr. 1844, sent from "Sand-hills" in Sumter District, S.C., to John L[aurence] Manning requesting that Dr. [Robert W.] Gibbes be sent to provide treatment to Richardson's ailing mother.

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