[Confidence] Election Law
Item
Type
Autograph Letter
Title
[Confidence] Election Law
Description
Election law, state governments, presidential election discussed. McHenry's resignation, anti-Federalist ticket success along with peace between the two parties discussed. Foreign affairs addressed.
short description
Ltr, dis election and election law.
year created
1800
month created
05
day created
15
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Samuel Chase
James McHenry
General Hamilton
Gen. Washington
General Pinckney
Oliver Wolcott
Pickering
Jefferson
Adams
anti-Federalist
representative
Head of Department
notable location
Philadelphia
France
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
N. York
[New York]
Eastern
district
Cabinet
notable item/thing
ticket
ballot
notable idea/issue
election
majority
law
government
resignation
foreign relations
district elections
notable phrase
no bounds to his jealousy
coalition with a certain man
confidence of Gen. Washington
friend of General Hamilton
competition
department of war
distrustful of those heads of departments
federal members of congress held caucus
ministry
scant workings to produce it
confidential
keep us out of the war
mission to France
disjointed cabinet
induced my resignation
present aspect of things
reasonable conclusion
South Carolina federalists
federal Pennsylvanians will act on the occasion
eastern representatives will return generally speaking to their respective states
subject of a district election law
popular assembly
opportunity to be rightly informed
compromise will take place between the two parties in the Pennsylvania Legislature
certain characters among those elected
received your letter
latest information from N. York
reduced nearly to a certainty that the artificial ticket has prevailed throughout the states by a sincere majority
document number
1800051500401
page start
1
number of pages
3
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (4 pages) | BAB05 (4 pages) | Collection: American Manuscripts | Ms Am 85 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Samuel Chase | [unknown] | [n/a] |