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Showing posts with label Hinton R Helper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hinton R Helper. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Diary of George Templeton Strong: January 10, 1860

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House of Representatives not yet organized, no Speaker elected and government at a deadlock. Members spend their time during the interval be...
Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Senator William Bigler to Robert Tyler, December 16, 1859

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SENATE CHAMBER, December 16, 1859. DEAR TYLER: The excitement seems to abate slightly in Congress, but it is on the rise in nearly every S...
Wednesday, June 5, 2019

William T. Sherman to George Mason Graham, Friday Night, Jan. 13, 1860

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Seminary , Friday Night, Jan. 13, 1860. Dear General : . . . We are getting along well enough. On Monday next a week, I will order brea...
Friday, April 26, 2019

William T. Sherman to John Sherman, January & February, 1860

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[January and February, 1860]. Dear Brother : I received your letter explaining how you happened to sign for that Helper book. Of course...
Thursday, April 4, 2019

William T. Sherman to Ellen Ewing Sherman, January 12, 1860

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Seminary , Jan. 12. . . . I have allowed more time than usual to pass without writing. Indeed I have had a good many calls upon my time...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019

William T. Sherman to George Mason Graham, January 6, 1860

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Seminary , Friday, Jan. 6, 1860. Dear General : Things move along so so — only twenty four cadets. Captain Walters brought his boy of f...
Wednesday, November 7, 2018

William T. Sherman to Ellen Ewing Sherman, December 23, 1859

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Seminary , Dec. 23,1859. . . . I have the New Orleans papers of the 18th.   I see that the election of speaker was still the engrossing...
Sunday, October 7, 2018

William T. Sherman to John Sherman, Sunday, December 12, 1859

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New Orleans , Sunday, Dec. 12. Dear Brother : . . . I have watched the despatches, which are up to Dec. 10, and hoped your election wou...
Friday, November 14, 2014

Francis Preston Blair to Congressman John Sherman, December 6, 1859

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Washington City , December 6, 1859. Dear Sir : — I perceive that a debate has arisen in Congress in which Mr. Helper's book, the “...