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One letter written by Congressman John Allen to Oliver Wolcott (1726-1797) and four written to Julius Deming, a local merchant.

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Letter to Governor Oliver Wolcott (1726-1797) accepting his election as a Representative of the state of Connecticut to the fifth congress.

Scope and Contents John Allen reports from Philadelphia to Julius Deming about Congressional reactions to the disclosure to Congress of the XYZ dispatches; provides detailed discussion of the debates in Congress and condemns the behavior of the republican leadership; calls them Jacobins and charges that they betray the country the way Athens’ statesmen sold their nation to Philip the Macedonian; suspicions that some republican congressmen are being bribed by France; warns Connecticut not to elect a...

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Handwritten copy of obituary of Roger Skinner, 1773-1825.

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Obituary of Rev. Frederick Freeman from 1884.  Includes handwritten copy and newspaper clipping.

Scope and Contents John Allen writes to Julius Deming from Philadelphia about political affairs in the context of the deteriorating relations with France; a direct tax seems unavoidable; commissioners will probably be expected by President Adams to serve in volunteer corps, but a Connecticut law prohibiting officials from serving in two capacities will cause difficulties; feels the US needs to prepare for war; and condemns the opposition. The President has not heard back from the commissioners to France, but...

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John Allen reports to Julius Deming that a bill for national defense has passed the Senate; encloses an example from the Aurora of Jeffersonian opposition to the Federalist measures; comments on the ill effects of the French conquest of Switzerland; charges that the tyrants of France have destroyed all the republics of Europe and that the US is next.

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John Allen sends Julius Deming copies of the XYZ dispatches from France. (The dispatches are not present in the collection).