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Showing posts with label Kansas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kansas. Show all posts
Thursday, November 14, 2024

Edward Bates to the Whig Committee of New York, February 24, 1859

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St. Louis, Feb. 24, 1859. To Messrs. J. PHILIPS PHOENIX, WILLIS BLACKSTONE, H. M. BININGER, DAVID J. LILET AND H. R. SMITH, Committee, New...
Saturday, June 29, 2024

Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, May 8, 1866

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The subject of admitting Colorado was to-day before the Cabinet. The bill has passed both houses after having been once rejected. Congress i...
Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Senator David R. Atchison* to Senator Robert M. T. Hunter, March 4, 1855

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PLATTE CITY, [Mo.], March 4, 1855. DEAR HUNTER: The Elections in Kansas came off on the 30th ult, the pro slavery ticket prevailed every w...

John L. Dawson* to Senator Robert M. T. Hunter, June 2, 1855

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BROWNSVILLE, [PA.], June 2, 1855. DEAR SIR: I have just received your favour of the 26th ult. Tomorrow morning I leave for Detroit to meet...
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Diary of George Mifflin Dallas, April 21, 1858

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First at the Botanic Garden, second at Northumberland House, and third at the Prime Minister's. Got myself presented to Pélissier, who i...
Saturday, May 6, 2023

H. B., an Old Missionary to John Brown, November 28, 1859

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New Haven, Connecticut, Nov. 28. Dear Sir: Permit a friend of liberty and equitable law to address you a few brief thoughts, which I hope ...
Sunday, February 19, 2023

Dr. Seth Rogers to his daughter Dolly, February 25, 1863

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February 25, 1863. This afternoon our regiment was reviewed by Gen. Saxton in the presence of Gen. Hunter. The staff and body guards of th...
Friday, April 22, 2022

The Kansas-Nebraska Act, May 30, 1854

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An Act to Organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o...