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Preferred Citation:

Duff Green Letter, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Mss. Acc. 2014.235 was received by Special Collections in 2014. Its addition to Special Collections was made possible by the Clarice Garrison Quasi Fund.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally described by Tim Eklund, Special Collections Staff, in February 2009.

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Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one letter written by journalist, politician, and then-supporter of President John Tyler, Duff Green. The letter is marked confidential and the recipient is unnamed. It concerns the rumor in Washington, D.C. that the president would veto a forthcoming bank bill, as he had a prior bill, and that his cabinet had agreed to resign if the bill was vetoed. Green also mentions an alternative bank plan developed at the president's request.

Related Material

Tyler Family Papers, Group A (Mss. 65 T97 Group A).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Finance--United States
• Letters (correspondence)
• Tyler, John, 1790-1862
• United States--Politics and Government