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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01946.43 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of letters written by and to Daniel Webster |
| Title | Daniel Webster to James William Paige regarding coinage and the issue of the admission of California to the Union |
| Date | 17 February 1850 |
| Author | Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) |
| Recipient | Paige, James William |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Reports to his brother-in-law that William Meredith, Secretary of the Treasury, wrote to the Committee of Commerce in the House of Representatives regarding the subject of coinage. Reports that he will take the issue to Senate the following day. States that the admission of California to the Union as a free state in the Compromise of 1850 will not "break up, break down, or overset the Union" though the Union "may be tipped ... as a cart is liable to tip up when a heavy weight is put in to the hind end." Humorously ends by saying "You may go, on buying & selling, & getting gain." |
| Subjects | Congress Coins and Currency Finance Economics Government and Civics American West Westward Expansion Statehood Slavery African American History Humor and Satire |
| People | Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) Paige, James William (fl. 1824-1852) Meredith, William (1772-1844) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Banking & Economics; Westward Expansion |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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