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punctuation, and the fact that the Debates gives the date as February 24, while the Intelligence,· gives February 16, 1827. This copy was taken from the Intelligencer. 2 J ames Barbour of Virginia (June 10, 1775-June 7, 1842), served as Secre- tary of War in John Quincy Adams's administration from March 7, 1825, to May 26, 1828. For biographical sketch see the Dictionary of American Biogl'aphy, I, 590-592. 3 Samuel L. Southard of New Jersey. See Houston to Andrew Jackson, December 13, 1826. 4 Richard Rush of Pennsylvania (August 29, 1780-July 20, 1859), lawyer, diplomat, statesman. For a biographical sketch see the Dictionary of Amer- ican Biography, XVI, 231-234. sHenry Clay. See the Dictionciry of Ame1-ican Biogravhy, IV, 175-179. 6 Littleton Tazewell (December 17, 1774-May 6, 1860), Senator and Repre- sentative from Virginia. See Biogra7>hical Directol'y of the A111e1-ican Con- gress, 1602-1603. Appleton, Cyclopaedia of American Biography, VI, 56-57. Charles Lanman, Dictionciry of Ame1·ican Biogra7>hy, XVIII, 255-257. •During Wsahington's administration (1791), a treaty was made with the Cherokee Indians which guaranteed to them their lands forever; but during the administration of John Quincy Adams the Georgians drifted into the coveted Indian lands and possessed them. Adams took no effective steps to enforce the treaty of 1791. American State Papers, Indian Affafrs, I, 124, Art. 7; also I, 126, Art. 4. Edward Channing, History of the United States, V, 364-365. 6 Commodore David Dixon Porter. See Dictionary of A111e1·ican Biography, XV, 85-89. Commodore Porter was the Commander of the Essex.
To SAMUEL McLEMORE 1
Washington 17th Feby 1827 Dear Sir Your letter to me of the 15th Inst in relation to your controversy has come to hand, and for the information which you ask, touching the last publication of "A Virginian" I must refer you to a piece written by me addrEssed to the Editor of the Telegraph, written previous to the receipt of your letter and con- tained in todays paper, which is herewith inclosed. You appear to be under a mistake as to the information con- tained in my first letter to you respecting the writer of "A Vir- ginian." The information given by me would not warrant the inference drawn by you, that my "informant was the Editor himself." And in your lett~r inclosing me my first letter to you, disclaims the fact that my letter had furnished you any induce- ments to your first "card." The information contained in my first letter to you I suppose was all that you wou'd require to "enable you to determine on what course you would pursue." In your first letter you say "it
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