Letter from James Buchanan to Stimpson Woodward

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August 20, 1841

Senator James Buchanan writes to Stimpson Harvey Woodward, an entrepreneur in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, regarding Whigs politics and the Bank of the United States. Buchanan, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, claims that "the truth is the Whig party have never acquired power without abusing it." Buchanan also refers to William W. Irwin, Mayor of Pittsburgh, and President John Tyler. Transcript included.

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Buchanan, James

Irwin, William Wallace

Tyler, John

Woodward, Stimpson Harvey

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Business and Industry

Economics and Finance

Politics and Government

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Letters/Correspondence

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