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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC03209.13 |
From Archive Folder | Archive of correspondence relating to the Blair family, including letters of Roger B. Taney, Jackson, Welles |
Title | Charles MacAlester to Francis P. Blair discrediting the President of the Bank of the United States, Nicholas Biddle |
Date | 13 June 1835 |
Author | MacAlester, Charles (1798-1873) |
Recipient | Blair, Francis Preston |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Claims there are many people in Philadelphia who doubt both the competence and honesty of Bank of the United States President Nicholas Biddle. Cites a specific example of a story about Biddle and President Andrew Jackson as proof of his falsehoods. The letter ends with the imperative "Destroy my letter as received." |
Subjects | Banking Bank of the US Government and Civics Corruption and Scandal President |
People | MacAlester, Charles (1798-1873) Blair, Francis Preston (1791-1876) Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) |
Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Theme | Banking & Economics; Government & Politics; The Presidency |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Additional Information | Charles MacAlester, son of the wealthy merchant Charles MacAlester, was also a prosperous merchant in Philadelphia, and the man after whom MacAlester College is named. Francis P. Blair was the editor of the Washington Globe, the recognized organ of Jacksonian Democrats, from 1830-1845. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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