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Claiborne Watts Gooch to MVB, 14 September 1824

I am aware of the wish of Mr Gallatin not to be in the way of Mr Crawfords success, & of his disposition to act in any manner to promote that object. Mr Crawford has been supported in this state from the most disinterested considerations, Mr G. altho deservedly a favorite with the majority of our citizens, has not as many friends as Mr Cr. This you must have perceived by the vote in the... Continue Reading

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Claiborne Watts Gooch to MVB, 20-23 November 1833

The arrest of R.B. Randolph, and the proofs against J.H. Pleasants have thrown the Richmond Community into a state of the most violent commotion. I was there on yesterday, and had the mortification to find that my very worst opinion the aristocracy & violence of the place was more than verified. Perhaps, there is no town in the U States more <rancuores> and aristocratical. The many... Continue Reading

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Claiborne Watts Gooch to MVB, 24 March 1834

I thank you for your friendly letter. I have long represented to my friends at Washington my Convictions of the approach of the present state of parties. In our Richmond from Causes I have already alluded to, party violence and proscription run higher than even in the days of the Black-Cockade. In that place our party, (if indeed we have as many there now as would make a section in the ranks of... Continue Reading

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MVB to Claiborne Watts Gooch, 5 December 1827

I have been confined to my room [. . .] day & to day & am not well enough to [. . .] much more than acknowledge the receipt of your letter. Your opinion upon Noah’s article <illegible> ^is^ such as I should have expected from you. I saw it a few moments before I left Nyork & my first impression was to write to our friends at Albany & advise them to rid us of all future... Continue Reading

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MVB to Claiborne Watts Gooch, 8 March 1834

I ought to have written to you before to thank you for your kind & instructive letters, but you can well conceive how it is here. The truth is I have hardly time to read, much less to answer my letters, & I am so connected with a question that works itself into every thing, that I am more than ever disinclined to letter writing in regard to which my habits have, I am ashamed to say it,... Continue Reading

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