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• 1838-03-24

• Samford University Library

• John H. Marr, son of wealthy Tuscaloosa plantation owners William and Nancy G. Marr, was in medical school in Philadelphia at the time this letter was written. In the letter, Marr describes his visit to Washington, D.C. John writes of seeing President Martin van Buren at the White house. He also writes that he saw at the Capitol Vice President Richard M. Johnson, U.S. Senator of Kentucky Henry Clay, former Vice President John C. Calhoun, U.S. Senator of Massachusetts Daniel Webster, and U.S. Senator of Tennessee Hugh Lawson White. Marr would later go on to become a physician.

• Presidents -- United States
• Politicians
• Washington (D.C.)
• Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862

• 1830-1839

• English

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