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Catalog Number |
MS050 B01 F09.06 |
Title |
Joshua Brackett to John Langdon |
Scope & Content |
Joshua Brackett in Portsmouth, N.H. to John Langdon in Philadelphia, PA. representing N.H. as one of its senators. Brackett reports on the outcome of the town meeting held the day before to elect a president, senators and representatives. Joshua Wentworth received between one and two hundred votes for president, with John Pickering receiving about forty. Col. John Samuel Sherburne, George Gaines and George Wentworth were elected as representatives, while the places for senator were hotly contested and the votes "were much divided." Brackett is skeptical of Wentworth as a choice for president because of his "disposition and ignorance of the affairs of government" rendering him subject to the manipulations of the "junto" who, he opines, want to involve him in "their nefarious measures." Dated March 5, 1790. |
Collection |
John Langdon Papers |
Object Name |
Letter |
Date |
March 5, 1790 |
People |
Langdon, John, 1741-1819 Brackett, Joshua, 1732-1802 Wentworth, Joshua, b. c1742 Sherburne, John Samuel, 1757-1830 Gaines, George, c1736-1809 Wentworth, George, 1740-1820 Pickering, William, 1745-1795 |
Subjects |
18th century History - 1783-1815 Town meetings Elections |