Jacksons letter and senate clash over land bill turmoil
A lengthy correspondence and senate debate center on Andrew Jackson's protest about Calhoun and a land bill. Witnesses challenge the presidents conduct, urging preservation of senate privileges while exposing alleged favoritism and speculative land deals tied to executive action and bank interests.
Ohio Senate and House Ledger of February 18 21 1840
The Ohio Legislature reports bills to incorporate railroads including Venice and Margaretta and Sandusky City and Cedar Point. A joint select committee is proposed to locate the state capital after 1840 and build a new State House. The Senate adjourns. several bills pass third reading. libraries and marriages acts face amendments. Committees plan rail and survey actions and loans for roads.
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Venice and Margaretta
Sandusky City
Cedar Point
Moore
James
House
Senate
House of Representatives
Saje
Columbus
Patterson
Ruggles Library Society
Huron County
M‘natt
Committee On the Judiciary
Lorain County
American Colonization Society
Cushing
Capitol Square
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Humphreys
Weir
Hubbard
Brown
Iamilton
Ottawa
Spangler
Paris
Richland
Stumphreys
United States
Donnally
Meigs
Gallia
Committee On Agriculture, Manufactures and Commerce
Vermillion
Huron
Mad River
Erie Railroad Company
Cincinnati
Mansfield
New Haven
Monroeville
Upson
Wellhouse
General Assembly Pay Increase Bill In Senate Action
The notice records a bill introduced by Mr Cushing on leave to raise pay for seven officers of the General Assembly Senate. It notes a February 22 date and references a separate bill enabling husbands of insane women to dispose of their real property.
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Andrew Jackson
J.C. Calhoun
U. S. Senate
P.S
A. J
Treasury
Rothschild
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McLemore
Committee On Public Lands
United States
New York
Massachusetts
Webster
Walker
South Carolina
Clay
Mr Clay
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Whitney
Washington
HOUSE
Cushing
General Assembly
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Senate of the United States
Calhoun
Arthur Campnell
W. E. Drake
A. Jackson, Jr
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
Manhattan and Mechanics’ Bank
Bank of America
Woodbury
Mr Whitney
State Bank of North Carolina
Girard Bank of Philadelphia
Girard Bank
Jackson
Oh Tempora
E. Tur Sry
Wasutneron
Ohio Legislature