Samuel Simons letter, 1843 April 7

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Summary

Creator:
Simons, Samuel, 1792-1847
Abstract:
Samuel Simons was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Collection contains a letter from Samuel Simons to an unnamed recipient describing the recent election which he narrowly won against a Whig candidate.
Extent:
0.1 Linear Feet (1 item)
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.11466

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains a letter from Samuel Simons to an unnamed recipient describing the recent election which he narrowly won against a Whig candidate, "They have spent their money and circulated their infamory falsehoods, coffin handbills & [et]c & [et]c but the secret is they all came out, & so did we. They made 50 difference here on the Temperance subject."

Biographical / historical:

Samuel Simons was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.

Acquisition information:
The Samuel Simons Letter was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2016.
Processing information:

Processed by Alice Poffinberger, May, 2017

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2016-0193

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Elections -- Connecticut
Names:
Whig Party (Conn.)
Simons, Samuel, 1792-1847
Places:
Connecticut -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865

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