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[1826-05-04]
Morning at home, Comyn, very ...

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Docno: DCA02d307

Author: CFA
Date: 1826-05-03
Morning at home, weather warm, quite idle, letter to Richardson,1 evening, a Drawing room, Mr. Randolph’s last speech.2
 
1. Missing.
 
2. John Randolph made a speech lasting nearly six hours in opposition to a bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States ( Register of Debates in Congress , 19 Cong., 1 sess., 2:671).
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