In 1840, Hugh Garland was speaking at New York City’s Castle Garden. HE was there with a number of other Democratic politicians. He was speaking about “Second Declaration of Independence,” an anti-Bank of United States Act. But things got out of hand — so the Whigs thought, anyway. “Fun and fighting in abundance,” so the New York Daily Herald was thinking.
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Garland’s Castle Garden Speech
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Hi Al –
I wasn’t sure what email address to reach you at. Came across this article from 1947 and thought of you. Wasn’t sure if you knew of it. If you drop me a line I’ll shoot you the PDF.
The Freehold Concept in Eighteenth-Century American Letters
Chester E. Eisinger
The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan., 1947), pp. 42-59 (18 pages)