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Wright, John C.

Speech of Mr. John C. Wright, on the subject of Retrenchment. Delivered in the House of Reps., Feb. 6, 1828.

Washington, D. C. Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1828. 44 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. Untrimmed, front leaf soiled with a small tear, leaves lightly browned at the edges, still about very good. Shaw & Shoemaker 37253. Item #27791

John Crafts Wright (1783-1861) was the representative from Ohio; he would lose his re-election bid the following year. In this speech he answers attacks on Adams, the tariff issue, and the supposed profligacy and "extravagant expenditures of the Administration," by the Jacksonians.

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