Green, Duff, 1791-1875
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
James Barron Papers (I)
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 B27
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers of Commodore James Barron relating to his career in the United States Navy, and especially relating to The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair in 1807 and to his duel with Stephen Decatur. Collection includes photocopies of patents issued to Barron for his inventions and a typescript of William Oliver Stevens' An Affair of Honor, a biography of Barron. Correspondents include John Adams, Jesse Duncan Elliott, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Amos Kendall, Duff Green and Abel...
Dates:
1766-1899
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Duff Green Letter
Collection
Identifier: SC 00011
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one letter written by journalist, politician, and then-supporter of President John Tyler, Duff Green. The letter is marked confidential and the recipient is unnamed. It concerns the rumor in Washington, D.C. that the president would veto a forthcoming bank bill, as he had a prior bill, and that his cabinet had agreed to resign if the bill was vetoed. Green also mentions an alternative bank plan developed at the president's request.
Dates:
1841 August 20
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
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- Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, 1807 1
- Correspondence 1
- Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--United States 1
- Dueling--Virginia 1
- Finance--United States 1
- Inventions--History--United States 1
- Letters (correspondence) 1
- Manuscripts (document genre) 1
- Patents--United States 1
- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 1
- Typescripts 1
- United States--Politics and Government 1
- United States. Navy--History--19th century 1
- United States. Navy--History--Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 1 + ∧ less
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