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Showing posts with label Election of 1856. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Election of 1856. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Senator Daniel S. Dickinson to Mr. Rogers, March 25, 1855

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BINGHAMPTON, March 25, 1855. MY DEAR ROGERS— *                    *                    *                    *                    * I a...
Thursday, August 8, 2024

S. M. Pettengill Co. to John T. Russell [Publisher] of [the] Argus, December 25, 1855

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NEW YORK, [N. Y.], December 25, 1855 . DEAR SIR: We have been applied to by gentlemen of high standing and respectability who desire to pr...

Muscoe R. H. Garnett* to Senator Robert M. T. Hunter, February 5, 1856

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RICHMOND, [VA.], February 5th, 1856 . MY DEAR UNCLE: The Kanawha River bill passed this morning, waiving the State's lien on the tolls...

William O. Goode to Senator Robert M. T. Hunter, February 21, 1856

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BOYDTON, VA., February 21, 1856 . DEAR HUNTER: I have just reached home safe and sound—having accomplished the journey with no other disco...

Edward Kennan to Senator Robert M. T. Hunter, March 15, 1856

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(Confidential.) WHEELING, [VA.], 15th March, 1856. MY DEAR SIR: I arrived here on Thursday morning on my way home, but resolved to spend a...

Isaac E. Holmes to Senator Andrew P. Butler,* March 17, 1856

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CHARLESTON, [S. C.], 17th March, 1856 . MY DEAR BUTLER: I have rec[eive]d y[ou]r letter and speech. The best speech you have made and y[ou...

Charles Mason to Senator Robert M. T. Hunter, March 18, 1856

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ALTO, [VA.], March 18, 1856 . MY DEAR SIR: You would be amused to learn some of the manouvres which have been resorted to in our state to ...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Thomas A. Glover to Senator Robert M. T. Hunter, June 23, 1855

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NEW YORK, [N. Y.], June 23, 1855. MY DEAR SIR: Desirous of urging, most strongly, upon you the necessity of your coming to New York to par...

John L. Dawson to Senator Robert M. T. Hunter, August 25, 1855

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BROWNSVILLE, [PA.], August 25th, 1855. DEAR HUNTER: I received your letter of the 20th instant this morning and have just shipped the box ...

James A. Seddon to Senator Robert M. T. Hunter, December 3, 1855

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ST. JAMES, LOUISIANA, December 3rd, 1855. MY DEAR SIR: Your letter only reached me in this outside world a few days since. Its confidence ...
Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Isaac Edward Holmes* to Senator Robert M. T. Hunter, June 8, 1855

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CHARLESTON, [S. C.], 8th June, 1855. MY DEAR HUNTER: Some weeks since I rec[eive]d y[ou]r letter and thank you for y[ou]r efforts in behal...
Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Diary of Gideon Welles: Wednesday, December 21, 1864

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Wrote Gilpin, District Attorney at Philadelphia, in answer to his private letter as to prosecution for frauds in Philadelphia Navy Yard. T...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Diary of Gideon Welles: Wednesday, June 1, 1864

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Called on the President relative to the appointment of midshipmen. After looking over the list with some care, he finally designated two so...
Thursday, June 6, 2019

Thomas Wentworth Higginson to a Member of the Dabney Family, October 9, 1856

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Steamboat Cataract aground on a bank in the Missouri River October 9, 1856 I know you would enjoy going to Kansas, for it is as gen...
Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Amos A. Lawrence to Senator Jefferson Davis, December 22, 1859

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Boston, December 22, 1859. Dear Sir , — I am sorry to see, by a reported speech of yours, that you are among those who have been duped...
Monday, July 23, 2018

Journal of Amos A. Lawrence: November 5, 1856

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Went with Governor Robinson and Senator Henry Wilson to a private meeting of about twenty Kansas men to decide what shall be done if Buchan...
Friday, November 21, 2014

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 8, 1861

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Burlington, New Jersey .—The expedition sails to-day from New York. Its purpose is to reduce Fort Moultrie, Charleston harbor, and relieve...
Saturday, January 28, 2012

Gen. Butler At New Orleans

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(Correspondence of the Boston Journal.) INTERVIEW AT THE ST. CHARLES. At the hour assigned for the second conference, the Mayor appeared,...