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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06313.04.039 |
| From Archive Folder | Aaron Hobart Collection |
| Title | John Wilson to Aaron Hobart regarding home affairs and politics |
| Date | 2 December 1814 |
| Author | Wilson, John (1777-1848) |
| Recipient | Hobart, Aaron |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Shares Hobart's sentiment of missing home and friends. Explains that his folks have moved to another house and that trade has been opened for "people living on each side of Penobscot Bay." Mentions that "a Bill for Banks, a Bill for Classifying the Militia, and a Bill for raising additional revenue" are the Object which have had a lot of attention in the present negotiations at the Congress of Vienna. |
| Subjects | War of 1812 Banking Militia Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Treaty Diplomacy Government and Civics Military History Finance Taxes or Taxation Economics |
| People | Wilson, John (1777-1848) Hobart, Aaron (1787-1858) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs; Merchants & Commerce; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | John Wilson was a Massachusetts congressman, elected as a federalist to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1815)and the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1819). |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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