Letters of Samuel Taggart, Representative in Congress, 1803-1814.

The article presents an examination of a collection of letters belonging to the American Antiquarian Society that were written by United States Representative Samuel Taggart to Reverend John Taylor. The letters cover a period of approximately eleven years, ending in 1814, and discuss a variety of topics including the efforts of Taggart to secure a patent for Taylor that related to the operation of a distillery. Other topics discussed in the letters include the Louisiana Purchase and the United States' relations with France and England.