Turner, William Plumer of New Hampshire, 1759–1850 ). description ends DAB description begins Allen Johnson and Dumas Malone, eds., Dictionary of American Biography, 1928–36, 20 vols. Carnes, eds., American National Biography, 1999, 24 vols. Plumer maintained a friendly correspondence with TJ during the latter’s retirement ( ANB description begins John A. He cast the lone dissenting electoral vote against James Monroe in 1820. Plumer was governor of New Hampshire, 1812––19, by which time he was a staunch Republican. His private journal of congressional proceedings was published posthumously. William Plumer (1759–1850), a native of Massachusetts, spent most of his life in New Hampshire, where he was admitted to the bar in 1787, sat in the state legislature, and served in the United States Senate, 1802–07, beginning as a Federalist but gradually shifting to a moderate Republican stance. This encrease of republicanism in the eastern states must afford, at this eventful era, great satisfaction to every friend to our republican institutions & certainly to 1 one more than to yourself-who have devoted so large a portion of your active life in their formation, support & defence. The Rhode Island elections have terminated highly favourable in all the branches of their government. The governor & lieutenant governor of Massachusetts will be republicans but I fear a majority of their senate will be federal-their representatives are not yet elected. Vain-though it diverted too much of my time from my historical pursuits. To effect these elections, I devoted two months of my time in writing for the public journals & itĪffords me much satisfaction that my labours were not in Your & my worthy friend John Langdon is governor-elect. The Governor & a majority of the Council, Senate & house of Representatives are real republicans. Permit me though late, but sincerely, to congratulate you on the success of republicanism in this State in the last month’s elections. And any document or information you may please to communicate will be gratefully All my leisure hours are devoted toĬollecting & arranging materials for my history-I consider it as the principal object of my future life. When I had the honor of communicating to you, at the city of Washington, my intention of compiling the history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the present time, you was pleased to assure me that after your Presidential term should expire, you would transmit me a number of manuscript & other documents in your possession, in relation to the great events in which you have been so distinguished an actor.
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