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Diary (Vermont and Washington, D.C.)
Collection
Identifier: SC 00949
Scope and Contents
Diary (anonymous), recording a trip from Vermont to Washington, D.C. where the writer attended Senate sessions and reports on the discussion of an abolitionist proposal. He also mentions attending social events with politicians and meeting with President Andrew Jackson and Vice President Martin Van Buren. The writer seems to have known Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky, who would become Vice President under Van Buren in 1837.
Dates:
1835-1836
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center