Note 138 — Chapter II · THE RISING OF THE MASSES
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Hamilton, in his Reminiscences, p. 99, makes this unqualified statement. Professor Bassett, in his admirable Life of Jackson, p. 416, says that Jackson told Calhoun to notify the delegation of his willingness to see them. Knowing the delegation to be opposed to the man he favored, and to prefer Van Buren’s candidate, it seems more probable that Hamilton was the emissary and not the Carolinian.