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Showing posts with label James K Polk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label James K Polk. Show all posts
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...
Sunday, September 24, 2023

Congressman Albert G. Brown to His Constituents, May 13, 1850

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FELLOW-CITIZENS: I feel impelled, by a strong sense of duty, to address to you this communication. If it shall seem to you more appropriate ...
Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Remarks of Jefferson Davis on the Bill to Raise Two Regiments of Riflemen delivered in the House of Representatives, March 27, 1846.

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Mr. JEFFERSON DAVIS said he did not intend to enter into a wide discussion with reference to the tariff, to Oregon, to Texas, or to the impr...
Thursday, July 13, 2023

Speech of Congressman Jefferson Davis, February 6, 1846

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Speech of Jefferson Davis delivered in the House Feb. 6, 1846, on the Oregon question. Mr. JEFFERSON DAVIS addressed the committee during ...