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Showing posts with label Mexican War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mexican War. Show all posts
Saturday, January 31, 2026

Senator John C. Calhoun to Thomas G. Clemson, October 24, 1847

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Fort Hill 24th Oct 1847 You will have seen by the papers, that the City of Mexico is in possession of our army, and that the prospect of c...

Senator John C. Calhoun to Waddy Thompson Jr.,* October 29, 1847

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Fort Hill, 29th Oct 1847. DEAR SIR, I have read your letter with attention, and will answer it in the same sperit of candour and freedom, ...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Jefferson Davis to A. McWillie and others, August 19, 1847

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(From Vicksburg Sentinel, September 29, 1847.) Brierfield, Warren co., Miss.,           August 19th, 1847. Gentlemen:—I have the honor to ac...

Jefferson Davis to Caleb Goldsmith Forshey, September 24, 1847

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(From Natchez Courier, October 6, 1847.) Brierfield, Miss., Sept. 24, 1847. C. G. Forshey, Esq., of Com. of Invitation: Dear Sir—When I rece...
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...
Monday, September 29, 2025

Senator John C. Calhoun to Andrew Pickens Calhoun, December 11, 1847

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Washington 11th Dec 1847 MY DEAR ANDREW, You of course have seen the Message and the course it indicates to be pursued towards Mexico. The...

Senator John C. Calhoun to Anna Calhoun Clemson, December 26, 1847

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Washington 26th Dec 1847 MY DEAR DAUGHTER, . . . Congress, as yet, has done but little, and will not do much more, until after the 1st Jan...
Thursday, September 25, 2025

Governor Albert G. Brown to William L. Marcy, April 20, 1847

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(From Vicksburg Sentinel, August 18, 1847.) Executive Chamber, Jackson, Mi., 20th April, 1847. Hon. Wm. L. Marcy, Secretary of War. Sir:...

William L. Marcy to Governor Albert G. Brown, May 11, 1847

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(From Vicksburg Sentinel, August 18, 1847.) War Department, May 11th, 1847. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your let...

Lieutenant Colonel George Talcott to William L. Marcy, May 5, 1847

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(From Vicksburg Sentinel, August 18, 1847.) Ordnance Office,           Washington, 5th May, 1847. Hon. W. L. Marcy,           Secretary of...
Sunday, August 24, 2025

Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, Wednesday, May 9, 1860

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Decatur     Convention met about 11  Oclock  Α. Μ. Between 600 & 700 delegates in attendance. Every County in the State except one 1 re...
Friday, June 6, 2025

Senator John C. Calhoun to Thomas G. Clemson, February 4, 1848

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Washington 4th Feb: 1848 MY DEAR SIR, . . . My speech 1 has had a very wide circulation and the impression is, that it has made a deeper ...
Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Jefferson Davis to William L. Marcy, June 29, 1847

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(From Mississippi Free Trader, Aug. 4, 1847.) Warrenton, Mississippi, June 29, 1847. Hon. W. L. Marcy, Secretary of War: Sir—Several compa...
Wednesday, May 14, 2025

No Union With Slaveholders!

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KISSING THE CHAIN! Shall Massachusetts stand erect no longer, But stoop in chains upon her downward way, Thicker to gather on her limb...