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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC01946.17
From Archive Folder	Collection of letters written by and to Daniel Webster
Title	Daniel Webster to James William Paige discussing legislative action regarding the Bank of the United States
Date	8 March 1834
Author	Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)
Recipient	Paige, James William
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Discusses legislative action regarding the Bank of the United States, including introduction of the Massachusetts Resolutions before the Senate. Notes that the House majority remains small, and that Senate support should be stronger, but that John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay are acting unpredictably regarding the measure.
Subjects	Politics Law Congress Government and Civics Bank of the US Banking Finance Economics
People	Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) Paige, James William (fl. 1824-1852) Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Calhoun, John Caldwell (1782-1850)
Theme	Banking & Economics; Government & Politics; Law
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information	Calhoun opposed a governmental recharter for the Second Bank of the United States that Webster supported. "On the Massachusetts Resolutions upon removal of Deposits" was presented 10 March 1834 by Webster to the Senate (The Writings and Speeches of Daniel Webster. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1903, p. 203).
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide Saturday Morig 8 March 1834 Dr William I am obliged to you for yours of Mar. 2. I know I am remiss in my correspondence with friends, but truly it is not altogether the affect of indolence, &, in no degree, of indifference. The Court & the Senate, & indispensable letters of business keep me out of idleness. The time seems to have come for some movement. I believe I shall pretty soon give notice of a movement & I think it will be to trip forward such a measure as you describe. I hardly know what the [illegible] of [much] of is; but their was as well [illegible] that or anything. On presenting the Mass Resolutions on Monday, I think of [illegible] sometimes, for the introduction of the measure. The majority in the House is very small; probably not above 4 or 5. [2] Whether this majority will [stand] out, I know not. We should be stronger in the Senate, if we all pulled together, but Mr. Calhoun rather holds back, & Mr. C. seems to have some strange notions. Several friends besought him not to move the Resolutions, which you will see in this days paper; but he said he would have his own way. I think I understand it all. - The Baltimore Com As you will see, tell a very pretty story. Give my love to your three Ladies [illegible] [illegible] Always most truly Yours Col. Paige Danl Webster [Docket] D. Webster Mar 8. '34

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