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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05636.38 |
| From Archive Folder | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny |
| Title | Samuel Church to William S. Holabird on the current financial and political climate |
| Date | 28 March 1836 |
| Author | Church, Samuel (1785-1854) |
| Recipient | Holabird, William S. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Year inferred from content. Discussing politics, states "You now begin to see the correctness of our distrusting legislature many years ago in so concentrating federalism that it may be all be hit at one blow... You [Hanny & McChanies?] Bank fellows will be put down & we shall have no more Jackson gold, on that side of the Street..." Written at "[Farnam?] Village." |
| Subjects | Federalists Politics Government and Civics President Economics Banking Bank of the US Finance |
| People | Church, Samuel (1785-1854) Holabird, William S. (1794-1855) |
| Place written | Connecticut |
| Theme | Banking & Economics; Government & Politics; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Church, a lawyer from Salisbury, was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1818, Judge of the Superior Court in 1832, and Chief Justice of Supreme Court in 1847. Holabird was District Attorney for the State of Connecticut during the Amistad trial. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |