Papers of James B. Gardiner, 1830.

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Papers of James B. Gardiner, 1830.

1830

ALS (1830 July 8) addressed to Major William B. Lewis, written from Tiffin, Ohio, reports conversations and political gossip from Washington, D.C., relating to the Democratic-Republican party, Martin Van Buren, John H. Eaton, Andrew Jackson, and others.

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