Thomas Hart Benton letter to Moses Dawson

Letter from Benton (Washington) to Dawson (Cincinnati, Ohio) regarding Dawson\u27s paper taking the lead in bringing forward Martin Van Buren for president in 1844, Benton also early in this move. Benton mentions that he was first public man not originally for Jackson to come out for him in the winter of 1824-1825.https://www.exhibit.xavier.edu/dawson_correspondence/1022/thumbnail.jp