Henry Clay letter to Nicholas Biddle, 15 December 1831

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Washington 15th December 1831.

My dear Sir

. . . Have you come to any decision about an application to Congress at this Session for the renewal of your Charter? The friends of the Bank here, with whom I have conversed, seem to expect the application to be made. The course of the President, in the event of the passage of a bill, seems to be a matter of doubt and speculation. My own be lief is that, if now called upon he would not negative the bill, but that if he should be re-elected the event might and probably would be different.

Author:
Henry Clay

Source:
The correspondence of Nicholas Biddle Dealing With National Affairs 1807 thru 1844, 1919, By Reginald C. Mcgrane