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Why Cooler Heads Urged Moderation at the Hartford Convention
Those favoring radical action, Timothy Pickering and John Lowell, did not take part in the Hartford Convention. George Cabot planned to urge a moderate course. He said that he went to Hartford “to allay the ferment and prevent a crisis…We … Continue reading →
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What Timothy Pickering Hoped the Hartford Convention Would Accomplish
In Washington, November 28, 1814 Timothy Pickering wrote a letter to John Lowell, Jr. After touching upon the notion he formerly held that “the Western States go off, leaving the ‘good old thirteen States…to themselves’ ” Pickering wrote of the … Continue reading →
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Why Timothy Pickering Had His Doubts
After years promoting a convention of New England states, Timothy Pickering was in favor of it. George Cabot and Harrison Gray Otis, two moderates, headed the delegation from Massachusetts. In a confidential letter to John Lowell, Pickering began by praising George … Continue reading →
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Why John Lowell, Jr. Advocated Uniting North and South Against the West
Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans imagined a nation of farmers boldly opening the frontier of the Louisiana Territory. Massachusetts Federalists were tied to the Atlantic, and its mercantile trade. They were apprehensive about what was happening in the West.[1] The West, … Continue reading →
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