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In 18231220WHS_SSS1, WHS writes SSS that Samuel Young and Nathan Sanford are the two men "who might arouse the slumbering spirit of democracy and cause her to bust the shackles which her perfidious sons are fastening upon her." Young was involved in NY politics before this.

Letter References

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 18, 1832

Letter from William Henry Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, December 20, 1823

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Biography: 
In 18231220WHS_SSS1, WHS writes SSS that Samuel Young and Nathan Sanford are the two men "who might arouse the slumbering spirit of democracy and cause her to bust the shackles which her perfidious sons are fastening upon her." Young was involved in NY politics before this.
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http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanford.html
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Political Graveyard
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http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000052
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000052
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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