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5th vice president of the United State

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Elbridge Gerry

Elbridge Gerry

U.S. Vice Pres. Elbridge Gerry, engraving by J.B. Longacre, 1847, after a drawing...

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-USZ62-111790)

Supplement to the Independent Chronicle

Supplement to the Independent Chronicle

Supplement to the Independent Chronicle, Boston, January 31, 1788; it includes...

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XYZ Affair

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U.S. Vice Pres. Elbridge Gerry

U.S. Vice Pres. Elbridge Gerry

Elbridge Gerry, detail of an oil painting by James Bogle, 1861, after a portrait...

Courtesy of the Independence National Historical Park Collection, Philadelphia

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