Letter from Charles Gordon Atherton to Henry H. Carroll, 1842 February 8
- Collection Name:
- Henry H. Carroll Correspondence
- Title:
- Letter from Charles Gordon Atherton to Henry H. Carroll, 1842 February 8
- Creator:
- Atherton, Charles Gordon, 1804-1853
- Creator Role:
- Author
- Accession / Call Number:
- 2023.022 (m)
- Object ID:
- 2023.022.02
- Date:
- 1842/02/08
- Type of Material:
- textual record
- Physical Description:
- 1 letter
- Language:
- English
- Scope and Content:
- Letter from Charles Gordon Atherton in Washington, DC, to Henry H. Carroll dated February 8, 1842. In the letter, Atherton provides the results of a petition brought about by the friends of John Quincy Adams in the U.S. House of Representatives the day before. This petition, which failed to pass, was to have Adams removed as chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Atherton goes on to discuss the Whig Party, noting "Thus is Whiggery fated, from day to day to give the lie to all its former protestations and professions."
- Subjects:
- Correspondence, Petitions, Politics and government
- Locations:
- Washington, DC
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- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society purchase.
- Restrictions:
- Available for research.
- Level Description:
- Item
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