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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01088 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1840 |
| Title | Millard Fillmore to Solomon Haven discussing the weather and political matters, in particular the abolition of slavery |
| Date | 16 January 1840 |
| Author | Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874) |
| Recipient | Haven, Solomon G. (Solomon George) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Fillmore writes as a U.S. Representative to Haven, then a lawyer in Buffalo, New York. Complains of the cold, writing "People here know nothing of comfort in cold weather. Their houses are all built for a southern summer, but by some mistake we have now got a northern winter." Remarks that Mitchell (possibly Representative Charles F. Mitchell, also from New York) made an exposé the previous day in the House of Representatives, and that it will be published in the following day's Intelligencer. Remarks "The day has been wholly spent in discussing abolition- All the insolent bragadocio of the south has cooled down and they 'roar you as gently as any sucking dove' " (quote from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"). |
| Subjects | African American History President Washington, D.C. Architecture Politics Congress Government and Civics Abolition Slavery Literature and Language Arts |
| People | Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874) Haven, Solomon G. (Solomon George) (1810-1861) Mitchell, Charles F. (cb. 1808) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition; Arts & Literature; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Fillmore was a U.S. Representative from New York 1833-1834 and 1837-1842. He was President of the United States 1850-1853. Haven was Mayor of Buffalo, New York 1846-1847 and was a U.S. Representative 1851-1856. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |