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Senator Wright and Van Buren Nomination Crisis
In 1844 the political maneuvering in Washington centers on Silas Wright and Martin Van Buren as tensions rise over the South's slave-holding interests. The narrator recalls New Year’s Day calls, a crucial Baltimore convention, and a transformative letter that redirects ambition toward a possible acclamation.
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America
Whitman
Hnd
South
Spencer
Sally
Ms ‘ Speen
May
Ben Grimshaw
Fallerton
Owever
Washington Society
Ord
York
van Buren
Santry
Hudson
Wright
van ‘Buren
Baltimor
Fla
Judge Fine
Silas Wright
Benjamin F. Butler
Missouri
Virginia
Narses
Mary
Washington
Baltimore
Canton
H. Duckelberg
Benjamin Grimshaw
Bart