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Rufus Dawes Collection, Accession 7177-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Deposit, 1964 May 25
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[Describes portraits in his apartment; recounts visits to New York , Philadelphia , Washington, D.C. , and Mount Vernon , where he entered George Washington 's tomb; recalls meeting painter Thomas Sully . ]
[Encloses Daniel Webster 's corrections and approval of his proof prospectus for the New York Daily Whig; discusses Free Banking, which was adopted in New York and spreading to other states; credits Webster with originating it.]
[Emphasizes that Dawes is not merely a poet and writer, but is also capable of "making a political and financial demonstration."]