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Titles: Diary entry: 10 Dec. 1840
Creator/Author: Adams, John Quincy
Description: Account of falsification of House of Rep. document N. 185, in which the printed copy of the original manuscript reveals substitution for the word “ladino”; JQA calls for forming a select committee to investigate; vote passes with some nays and 40 abstentions.
Primary Source Publication Date: 12/10/1840
Subject Keywords: Other Person - Greenhow, Robert
Other Person - ladino
Court Related - Law
Other Keyword - Politics
Other Keyword - Race
Courtesy of: Massachusetts Historical Society



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