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Andrew Jackson to Samuel Smith regarding the Maysville Road bill, 14 June 1830
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Andrew Jackson to Samuel Smith regarding the Maysville Road bill, 14 June 1830.
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[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1830]
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Collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859.
Samuel Smith was a Jacksonian Senator from Maryland.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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Summary
Jackson thanks Smith for supporting his veto of the Maysville Road bill. Jackson says that while his veto may have opposed internal improvements, it was for the greater good of the Government. In a statement to Congress explaining his reasons for the veto Jackson argued that using federal money for a purely local project was wrong, no matter how desirable internal improvements were. Jackson also had a political motivation to veto the bill, since the road was set to be built in Kentucky, the home state of his chief rival Henry Clay.
Variant and related titles
American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
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Books / Online
Language
English
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March 18, 2024
Series
American history module 1
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Correspondence
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AM (Publisher), digitiser.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.
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