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Agent of the Commonwealth. Correspondence with the Gov. on the Massachusetts claim, 1826
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SEE ALSO 51664, 51690, 51732, 51733, 51742, 51749 Correspondence between the agent of the Commonwealth and his Excellency the Governor on the subject
of the Massachusetts claim of the general government. Boston : True & Greene, State Printers, 1826. Pt. 1 George Sullivan, Agent to Governor Lincoln
on October 25, 1825 enclosing the report of the 3rd Auditor of the Treasury. The focus was on almost $464,000 out of a total bill of nearly $822,000.
Sullivan felt the behavior of the governor at the time would continue to be an issue in discussions in Congress and asked for specific instructions
from the present Governor. On November 7, 1825, Governor Lincoln wrote back. He was not pleased; "towering rage" describes the tone. The executive
and legislative branches of the federal government had already agreed that the claim was legitimate. Massachusetts did its best to fight off the enemy
and spent almost a million dollars doing it. Why did the politics of a governor of over a dozen years ago have anything to do with the claim? Other
states have been reimbursed and it was a scandal that Massachusetts was being so poorly treated. In the Lincoln's opinion, Sullivan already had his
instructions from all the documents that had been filed for years--the goal had not changed. Furthermore, the Governor had had no report on
Sullivan's actions of behalf of the Commonwealth. What had he done for the state? (Digitized from a microfilm copy of title originally held by the
Massachusetts State Library).
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Title:
Correspondence between the agent of the Commonwealth and His Excellency the Governor on the subject of the Massachusetts claim on the general government / [by George Sullivan].
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OCLC Number:
697711578
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
| pt. 1 | | Yes | No |
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