Samuel Smith to Wilson Cary Nicholas, discusses the legislative branches and their likely motives in voting and how that will affect the government: "they will call together to present legislature to measure the laws. The Senate a dead force will carry against the republican votes in the House—he is wrong, I believe, in his conjecture there's one Election annually, they will not freely resigne their own Situation to forward that of the president, ", 1800

Containers:
Box 1, Folder 74
Physical description:
3 pp.

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Parent restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Parent terms of access:
Materials in this collection, which were created in 1765-1869, are in the public domain. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.

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