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United States--Politics and government--1829-1837--Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

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