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Showing posts with label James K Polk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label James K Polk. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Speech of Senator John C. Calhoun on His Resolutions in Reference on the War with Mexico Delivered in the United States Senate, January 4, 1848

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RESOLUTIONS. Resolved , That to conquer Mexico, and to hold it, either as a province or to incorporate it in the Union, would be inconsist...
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, November 12, 1889

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NEW YORK, Νον. 12, 1889. Dear Brother: . . . I was very glad to receive your full letter of November 9th, to hear that you are safely bac...
Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Jefferson Davis to James K. Polk, June 20, 1847

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(From Vicksburg Weekly Whig, October 20, 1847.) Warren County, Miss., June 20, 1847. To the President: My Dear Sir:—Your very kind and com...
Monday, January 20, 2025

Congressman Horace Mann to E. W. Clap, February 10, 1851

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 1851. E. W. CLAP, ESQ. MY DEAR SIR, — . . . I was glad to hear from you, and should be much obliged for a more detail...
Tuesday, November 5, 2024

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, ...
Monday, April 29, 2024

Senator Daniel S. Dickinson to Henry Orr, September 13, 1853

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BINGHAMTON, N. Y., September 13, 1853. MY DEAR SIR—I have this moment received your favor of the 10th, calling my attention to a communica...
Saturday, January 6, 2024

Jefferson Davis’ Remarks on the Bill Making Alterations in the Pay Department of the Army, May 30, 1846.

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Mr. JEFFERSON DAVIS said there were two positions taken in relation to the bill which he thought incorrect: first, that it became necessary ...

Jefferson Davis to the People of Mississippi, July 13, 1846

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(From Vicksburg Sentinel, July 21, 1846.) Fellow Citizens: I address you to explain the cause of my present absence from the seat of the f...