(ADAMS JOHN QUINCY) STRONG JAMES Autograph Letter Signed as

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"IT MUST INEVITABLY RESULT IN TWO GREAT NATIONAL PARTIES" (ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY.) STRONG, JAMES. Autograph Letter Signed, as Representative, to Aaron Vanderpoel, concerning the upcoming 1824 presidential election. 3 pages, 9 3/4x7 3/4 inches, on 2 sheets, with free-franked address panel on terminal page; several short closed tears, minor wear, seal tear to second sheet. Washington, 29 March 1824

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Strong was at this time a congressman representing New York. Several months in advance of the hotly contested 4-way presidential election, he wrote "I cannot tell you who will be president. I suppose no mortal can tell. . . . If Mr. Adams can get the vote of N.Y., it is the better opinion here that he will stand the best chance of being elected. Next in order Gen. Jackson, Mr. Crawford, & Mr. Clay. . . . The Democratic Party has divided upon the question of president, and I have no doubt this division is irreconcilable. The breach is daily growing wider. It must inevitably result in two great national parties."