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1811 letter from U.S. Congressman William Wyatt Bibb regarding the deteriorating relations between the United States and England, which would ultimately lead to the outbreak of the War of 1812
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1811 Letter From U.s. Congressman William Wyatt Bibb Regarding the Deteriorating Relations Between the United States and England, Which Would Ultimately Lead to the Outbreak of the War of 1812. . 1811. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54712.APA citation style
(1811). 1811 letter from U.S. Congressman William Wyatt Bibb regarding the deteriorating relations between the United States and England, which would ultimately lead to the outbreak of the War of 1812. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54712.Chicago citation style
1811 Letter From U.s. Congressman William Wyatt Bibb Regarding the Deteriorating Relations Between the United States and England, Which Would Ultimately Lead to the Outbreak of the War of 1812. 1811. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54712.Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
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- Before becoming Alabama's first governor in 1819, William Wyatt Bibb (1781-1820) was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator. This 1811 letter was written during Bibb's tenure as a U.S. Representative. Considered by some to have been a "war hawk", Bibb expresses in the letter his beliefs in a strong national defense against the British. He writes "The nation should assume a warlike attitude...The vessels belonging to the United States should be manned and equipped for service without delay, and private vessels be permitted to arm and defend themselves against aggressions in the pursuit of their lawful trade." Bibb continues "War in fact already exists on one side, and I am for having it on the other also. The man who resists aggressions with all the powers which god and nature have given him, cannot be in a worse condition than he, who submits to be kicked and cuffed without resistance."
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