"To the Voters of the Congressional District in the State of Virginia" pamphlet by Representative John Taliaferro, 1841

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Location of collection:
George Mason University
2400 Fenwick Library
Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library MS2FL
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
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Preferred citation:

"To the Voters of the Congressional District in the State of Virginia" pamphlet by Representative John Taliaferro, C0374, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
.01 Linear Feet 1 item
Creator:
Taliaferro, John, 1768-1852
Abstract:
Printed pamphlet titled "To the Voters of the Congressional District, In the State of Virginia. Composed of the Counties of Westmoreland, Richmond, Northumberland, Lancaster, King George, Stafford, and Prince William" written by Virginia Representative John Taliaferro, January 15, 1841. The pamphlet is eight pages long, and is uncut in quarto format.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

"To the Voters of the Congressional District in the State of Virginia" pamphlet by Representative John Taliaferro, C0374, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Printed pamphlet titled "To the Voters of the Congressional District, In the State of Virginia. Composed of the Counties of Westmoreland, Richmond, Northumberland, Lancaster, King George, Stafford, and Prince William" written by Virginia Representative John Taliaferro (pronounced Tall-i-fer), January 15, 1841. The pamphlet is eight pages long, and is uncut in quarto format. Written in the first person, Taliaferro describes the circumstances of being nominated again for representative, his political views, social views, and voting record. Taliaferro mentions many American politicians of the age, such as Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren (then president), as well as the Federalist and Whig political parties. There is some handwriting in the margins which reads "Barton + Farrow's papers" on the first page and "important" on the last page.

Biographical / historical:

John Taliaferro was an American politician and lawyer. Born in 1768 near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Taliaferro served in the U.S. House of Representatives four times from between 1801 - 1843. For the first three, Taliaferro campaigned as a Republican, and for his fourth and last as Whig. He also served as librarian at the United States Treasury. Taliaferro died in 1852.

Acquisition information:
Purchased by Lynn Eaton in April 2019.
Processing information:

Processing completed by Amanda Brent in January 2022. EAD markup completed by Amanda Brent in January 2022.

Arrangement:

This is a single item collection.

Physical location:
R 72, C 3, S 4
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Names:
United States. Congress. House