W. H. Roane letter
Collection — Folder: S1120
Identifier: S1120
Scope and Contents
This letter is written in ink on one folded sheet of parchment. The letter is from Washington, March 28, 1840, addressed to I. D. P. Brown, and signed W. H. Roane. Mr. Roane discusses the 1840 presidential election, which was between William Henry Harrison, a Whig from Ohio, with John Tyler as his running mate, and Martin Van Buren, a Democrat from New York, who had no vice president on the ticket.
Mr. Roane wrote: "The country will be saved from the ignoring of suffering a hungry and heterogenous combination of office seekers to place in the Presidential chair a man who, in the 'hey day' and vigour of manhood, was distinguished as an officer by retreating from the enemy and burning the stores and provisions of his own army, and as a politician by chattering as incontinually as a magpie; and whose advanced age [Harrison was 68] is as usual characterized by increased imbecility and garrulity -- a distinguished gentleman who has just returned from a visit of two week into Massachusetts ... that the Democrats of that state are highly excited and in fine chintz, and informed him that if Old VIrginia gave a good lead in April, they would certainly carry the old Bay State."
At the end of his letter, Mr. Roane wrote: "Tell your worthy old neighbor Fletcher that he ought to give a quarter's rent sooner than let it fall, and a whole year's sooner than suffer them "chinch buggs" as I heard him call the Whigs..."
Mr. Roane wrote: "The country will be saved from the ignoring of suffering a hungry and heterogenous combination of office seekers to place in the Presidential chair a man who, in the 'hey day' and vigour of manhood, was distinguished as an officer by retreating from the enemy and burning the stores and provisions of his own army, and as a politician by chattering as incontinually as a magpie; and whose advanced age [Harrison was 68] is as usual characterized by increased imbecility and garrulity -- a distinguished gentleman who has just returned from a visit of two week into Massachusetts ... that the Democrats of that state are highly excited and in fine chintz, and informed him that if Old VIrginia gave a good lead in April, they would certainly carry the old Bay State."
At the end of his letter, Mr. Roane wrote: "Tell your worthy old neighbor Fletcher that he ought to give a quarter's rent sooner than let it fall, and a whole year's sooner than suffer them "chinch buggs" as I heard him call the Whigs..."
Dates
- 1840
Creator
- Roane, W. H. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Nothings is known about the sender of this letter, W. H. Roane, nor about the man to whom it is addressed, I.D.P. Brown.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is one letter on one sheet of paper.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a purchase from Joseph Rubinfine on 1975/10/02.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing and finding aid completed 2014/11/06 by Nikk Stoddard Schofield.
Creator
- Roane, W. H. (Person)
- Title
- W. H. Roane letter
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
