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Box 2

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Leven Powell, Washington, D.C., to Burr Powell, no place, 1801 January 12

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 58
Identifier: id23009
Scope and Contents

Compares characteristic qualities of the two men running for President, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr; as far as moral principles, both men are equal, but in considering talents "with a mind fearless of the bold, . . -. Burr has greatly the superiority"; however, he may cast no vote at all, as "I feel a repugnancy in voting for a man…unfit for the office"; personal business.

Dates: 1801 January 12