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Start Over Collection Benjamin Tallmadge collection, 1777-1864, Date acquired: 01/01/1933, bulk 1778-1833

1809 Folder 30

Two letters, from Benjamin Tallmadge to his daughter Maria and to Governor John Treadwell of CT. To Maria, he writes of the difficulties his minority political party faces in Washington, including his efforts to defeat a bill to raise a standing army. Tallmadge's note to Treadwell indicates an enclosed letter to General Jedidiah Huntington on the subject of the militia.

  1. The Litchfield Historical Society
  2. Benjamin Tallmadge collection, 1777-1864, Date acquired: 01/01/1933, bulk 1778-1833
  3. Correspondence, 1776-1856

1809 Feb 13 1 letters Folder 36

Discusses Non-Intercourse Act; refers to some dissension between North and South; includes an extract of a lettter received from Baltimore that openly rejects the administration's foreign relations. Photostat.

  1. The Litchfield Historical Society
  2. Benjamin Tallmadge collection, 1777-1864, Date acquired: 01/01/1933, bulk 1778-1833
  3. Photostats and other reproductions, 1773-1835
  4. Correspondence, 1773-1833
  5. Tallmadge, Benjamin to Tapping Reeve, 1808-1816

1809 Feb 27 1 letters Folder 36

Discusses Non-Intercourse Act; rejection of letters of marque; unfavorably compares the Non-Intercourse Act with the Embargo Act; sends results of vote on Non-Intercourse Act. Photostat.

  1. The Litchfield Historical Society
  2. Benjamin Tallmadge collection, 1777-1864, Date acquired: 01/01/1933, bulk 1778-1833
  3. Photostats and other reproductions, 1773-1835
  4. Correspondence, 1773-1833
  5. Tallmadge, Benjamin to Tapping Reeve, 1808-1816

1809 Feb 27 1 letters Folder 42

Concerns action by the House of Representatives; rejection of an amendment to authorize letters of marque and reprisal; mention of the Non-Intercourse Act, Embargo Act, Jonathan G. Jackson and John Treadwell. Photostat.

  1. The Litchfield Historical Society
  2. Benjamin Tallmadge collection, 1777-1864, Date acquired: 01/01/1933, bulk 1778-1833
  3. Photostats and other reproductions, 1773-1835
  4. Correspondence, 1773-1833
  5. Tallmadge, Benjamin to Jonathan Trumbull, 1780-1809

1809 Jan 6 1 letters Folder 36

Mentions a journal Tallmadge kept of the proceedings of the House of Representatives concerning the Embargo Act; Tallmadge feels United States commerce is crippled, if not annihilated; mentions the Non-Intercourse Act. Photostat.

  1. The Litchfield Historical Society
  2. Benjamin Tallmadge collection, 1777-1864, Date acquired: 01/01/1933, bulk 1778-1833
  3. Photostats and other reproductions, 1773-1835
  4. Correspondence, 1773-1833
  5. Tallmadge, Benjamin to Tapping Reeve, 1808-1816