Diary of Charles Francis Adams, volume 2
1826-05-03
Morning at home, weather warm, quite idle, letter to Richardson,1 evening, a Drawing room, Mr. Randolph’s last speech.2
Missing.
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).