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Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Speech of Congressman Albert G. Brown, delivered in the United States House of Representatives, in Reply to his Colleague, Hon. John D. Freeman, on the State of Parties in Mississippi, March 30, 1852

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AVERSE as I am to the continuance of a controversy with my colleagues on the subject of Mississippi politics, I am not the less constrained ...
Tuesday, November 5, 2024

General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, April 3, 1886

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ST. LOUIS, April 3, 1886. Dear Brother: . . . I shall go to California to be in San Francisco August 3d-5th for the Encampment of the G. A...

General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, April 13, 1886

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ST. LOUIS, April 13, 1886. Dear Brother: Your letter was duly received, and the quotation from Corwin's speech will be all I want. I ...
Thursday, July 18, 2024

James K. Polk* to Jefferson Davis, May 19, 1847

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(From Vicksburg Weekly Whig , October 20, 1847.) Washington City, May 19, 1847. My Dear Sir:—The Secretary of War will transmit to you, ...
Saturday, March 16, 2024

Congressman Horace Mann, September 8, 1850

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SEPT. 8, 1850. Texas has not a particle of rightful claim to all the north-western region this bill contends for; but she has passed a law...

Congressman Horace Mann, September 9, 1850

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SEPT. 9. Eureka! Eureka! or at least almost Eureka! The House has passed a resolution this morning to adjourn three weeks from to-day. It ...

Congressman Horace Mann, September 10, 1850

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SEPT. 10. This is Tuesday, my black-chalk day; for, on this day, I get no letter from home. The House is now discussing the question, whet...
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Congressman Horace Mann to Samuel Downer, August 25, 1850

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 1850. I must say, my dear Downer , for the friendliness of your letters turns the esteem and regard which I have alwa...

Congressman Horace Mann to Samuel Downer, August 28, 1850

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 1850. MY DEAR DOWNER, I received yours of the 26th to-day. We are at last at the hand-to-hand encounter. The Texas Bo...

Congressman Horace Mann, August 29, 1850

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AUG. 29. The first question about the Boundary Bill was, "Shall it be rejected?" This was decided in the negative by a very larg...
Monday, February 19, 2024

Daniel Webster to Fletcher Webster, October 2, 1850

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Washington, October 2, 1850. DEAR FLETCHER,—It is my hope to reach Boston on Monday evening next. For the two or three weeks, more or less...
Thursday, January 25, 2024

Congressman Horace Mann, August 5, 1850

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AUG. 5, 1850. We are rejoiced at the defeat of the Omnibus Bill. It strengthens the chances of the Territories for freedom. All delay in a...

Congressman Horace Mann to Samuel Downer, August 9, 1850

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, 1850. S. DOWNER, Esq. MY DEAR SIR,—Perhaps you will think my prophesying is not from above, because I said the Comprom...

Congressman Horace Mann to Samuel Downer, August 11 & 12, 1850

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 1850. S. DOWNER, Esq. MY DEAR SIR,—Nothing is more agreeable to me than your letters. I feel, on seeing them, that th...
Friday, January 19, 2024

Daniel Webster to Professor Stuart, August 10, 1850

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Washington, August 10, 1850. MY DEAR SIR,—So many things have occupied my attention of late, that I have neglected those I love most, and ...