PROCEEDINGS OF THE MANUFACTURERS, MECHANICS, MERCHANTS, TRADERS, AND OTHERS, OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, SIGNERS OF THE MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS, ASKING FOR THE RETURN OF THE GOVERNMENT DEPOSITES TO THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. WITH A REPORT OF THE DELEGATES APPOINTED TO REPRESENT AT WASHINGTON THE VIEWS AND WISHES OF THE MEMORIALISTS, AND A STATEMENT OF THEIR INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW JACKSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Philadelphia: 1834. 15, [1 blank] pp. Stitched, untrimmed. Lightly foxed and worn [old horizontal folds], Good+. The "Great Meeting of the People" sought "relief from the present pecuniary distress" about a year into Jackson's second term. It blames the country's financial upheavals on his removal of the federal deposits and..... More