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Scope and Content Note
The papers of John C. Calhoun span the years 1818 to 1850 and chiefly consist of correspondence with John R. Mathewes and Littleton Waller Tazewell; a manuscript of Calhoun's last senate speech (1850 March 4) pertaining to the Compromise of 1850; a list of rules (1828) for the U.S. Commissioner of Public Buildings; and other papers.