Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) Papers, PC.39

Bound copies of 83 letters in the Van Buren Papers, Library of Congress, relating to North Carolina or North Carolinians. Correspondence is almost exclusively political, dealing with Democratic campaign strategy and the political situation in North Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia, and Florida. Issues and persons discussed include relations with Great Britain and France, the tariff, nullification, internal improvements, banks, abolition, slavery in the territories, Nathaniel Macon, Henry Clay, and John C. Calhoun. Correspondents include George Bancroft, Thomas H. Benton, Francis P. Blair, John Branch, Bedford Brown, Joseph H. Bryan, Richard E. Byrd, William H. Crawford, A. J. Donelson, Weldon N. Edwards, Joseph Gales, William H. Haywood, Jr., Andrew Jackson, Joel R. Poinsett, John Randolph, Romulus M. Saunders, and Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr.

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862

Macon, Nathaniel, 1758-1837

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

John C. (John Caldwell) Calhoun, 1782-1850

Bancroft, George

Benton, Thomas

Blair, Francis P.

Branch, John, 1782-1863

Brown, Bedford

Bryan, Joseph H.

Byrd, Richard E.

William Harris Crawford, 1772-1834

Donelson, A. J.

Edwards, Weldon N.

Gales, Joseph

Haywood, William H., Jr.

Jackson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Poinsett, Joel R.

Randolph, John

Saunders, Romulus M.

Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr., 1796-1850

Democratic Party (U.S.)

Political campaigns

Internal improvements

Abolitionists

Nullification

Tariff

Banks and banking