Letter from Jesse Elliot to Isaac Parker

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PDF icon Letter from Jesse Elliot to Isaac Parker
Number of Pages: 
7
Date: 
November 4, 1832

Captain Jesse D. Elliot writes to Dickinson College trustee Isaac B. Parker regarding Elliot's belief that he expects to command the military expedition against South Carolina in the nullification crisis. Elliot also mentions the 1832 Presidential Election and hopes that General Andrew Jackson will win. Transcript included.

People: 
Elliot, Jesse Duncan
Parker, Isaac Brown
Hamilton, James (Jr.)
Jackson, Andrew
Subject: 
Military Affairs and Conflict
Personal and Family Life
Politics and Government
Format: 
Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 
1820-1839
Location: 
I-SpahrB-1950-4
Origin: 
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr