A temperate course :the correspondence of Benjamin and Henry French: Historical New Hampshire / S.P. McGiffen.

Title:

A temperate course :the correspondence of Benjamin and Henry French: Historical New Hampshire / S.P. McGiffen.

Author:

McGiffen, Steven Paul.

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1983.

Physical Description:

p. 141 - 160.

Source:

Vol. 38, Nos. 2-3 (Summer-Fall, 1983) Historical New Hampshire.

Description:

The article discusses the correspondence between brothers Benjamin Brown French, a Washington, D.C. political and legal professional, and Henry Flagg French, an Exeter, New Hampshire lawyer and judge. It particularly focuses on their ideas about U.S. and New Hampshire politics, commenting on the transition from Democratic Party to Republican Party ascendancy in New Hampshire during the 1840s and 1850s. Opposition to Democrats by Whigs, Independent Democrats, and the Liberty Party is explored. Issues examined include the U.S. political Compromise of 1850, the annexation of Texas by the U.S., and the expansion of slavery. Politicians discussed include U.S. presidential candidate Franklin Pierce and U.S. Congressmen Amos Tuck and John P. Hale.

Language:

English.

Subjects:

Slavery United States.

Locations:

New Hampshire Politics and government 19th century.

People:

Brown, Benjamin B. 1800-1870. , French, Henry Flagg, 1813-1885.

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