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1 Palfrey's ‘Letter to a Friend.’ After the first or second ballot J. Q. Adams sent Rockwell and Ashmun with a message to Palfrey requesting him to vote for Winthrop.
2 Cleveland Herald, Dec. 25, 1847; Boston ‘Whig,’ Jan. 15, 1848. See letter of E. L. S., ‘Ohio True Democrat,’ reprinted in Boston ‘Whig’ Feb. 16, 1848.
3 June 30, 1848; Feb. 17, and Dec. 27, 1849; and March 15, 1850. ‘Speeches in Congress,’ pp. 322, 350, 351, 364, 367-377. Of his sincerity in his position and statements there can be no question; this appears in a letter to Sumner, Dec. 17, 1847, in manuscript. In the debates, Schenck of Ohio took the lead in winthrop's defence.
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