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Showing posts with label Disunion. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Senator Henry Clay to James B. Clay, January 2, 1849

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WASHINGTON, January 2, 1849. MY DEAR SON,—I received your letter of the 27th November, and I was happy to hear of the continued health of ...
Monday, September 2, 2024

Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, May 29, 1866

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At the Cabinet-meeting word was received of the death of Lieutenant-General Scott at West Point at the advanced age of eighty. He was great ...
Saturday, May 11, 2024

Congressman Albert G. Brown’s Speech on the Slavery Question, August 29, 1850

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SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AUGUST 29, 1850. MR. BROWN said he designed to make a few remarks only in reply to the gentleman f...
Friday, April 19, 2024

Senator Henry Clay to Leslie Combs, December 22, 1849

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WASHINGTON, December 22, 1849. MY DEAR SIR,—I received your favor of the 17th instant, and thank you for its details. It seems that I have...
Saturday, March 9, 2024

Daniel Webster to Mr. F. S. Lathrop & Others, November 14, 1850

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Boston, November 14, 1850. GENTLEMEN,—I am under great obligations for the letter received from you, expressing your approbation of the se...
Thursday, March 7, 2024

Senator John C. Calhoun to James H. Hammond,* February 14, 1849

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Washington 14th Feb. 1849 MY DEAR SIR, I have no copy with me of your letter, refered to in the enclosed, and know not where one can be go...
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Congressman Horace Mann, August 18, 1850

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AUG. 18, 1850. . . We are now debating the Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill in the House. It is quite uncertain when any one of the...
Thursday, February 15, 2024

Senator John C. Calhoun to John H. Means,* April 13, 1849

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Fort Hill 13th April 1849. MY DEAR SIR, I am glad to learn by your letter and from other Sources, that a meeting is to be held next month ...
Saturday, January 27, 2024

Andrew Jackson’s Proclamation Regarding the Nullifying Laws of South Carolina, December 10, 1832

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PROCLAMATION, BY ANDREW JACKSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1832. Whereas a convention, assembled in the St...