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Collection Reference Number GLC03209.13
From Archive Folder Archive of correspondence relating to the Blair family, including letters of Roger B. Taney, Jackson, Welles 
Title Charles MacAlester to Francis P. Blair discrediting the President of the Bank of the United States, Nicholas Biddle
Date 13 June 1835
Author MacAlester, Charles (1798-1873)  
Recipient Blair, Francis Preston  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Claims there are many people in Philadelphia who doubt both the competence and honesty of Bank of the United States President Nicholas Biddle. Cites a specific example of a story about Biddle and President Andrew Jackson as proof of his falsehoods. The letter ends with the imperative "Destroy my letter as received."
Subjects Banking  Bank of the US  Government and Civics  Corruption and Scandal  President  
People MacAlester, Charles (1798-1873)  Blair, Francis Preston (1791-1876)  Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme Banking & Economics; Government & Politics; The Presidency
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Charles MacAlester, son of the wealthy merchant Charles MacAlester, was also a prosperous merchant in Philadelphia, and the man after whom MacAlester College is named. Francis P. Blair was the editor of the Washington Globe, the recognized organ of Jacksonian Democrats, from 1830-1845.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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