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Collection Reference Number GLC05753
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1840 
Title Millard Fillmore to Solomon G. Haven regarding fund raising and locoism
Date 8 January 1840
Author Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874)  
Recipient Haven, Solomon G. (Solomon George)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Discusses a fund for the election of Harrison. Also mentions locoism, saying that "like mushrooms it springs up during the darkness of night from the steaming heaps of dung that encumber the earth..."
Subjects President  Election  Government and Civics  Politics  Agriculture and Animal Husbandry  
People Harrison, William Henry (1773-1841)  Haven, Solomon G. (Solomon George) (1810-1861)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme The Presidency; Government & Politics; Agriculture
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859