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Showing posts with label Territories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Territories. Show all posts
Friday, October 4, 2024

Daniel Webster to a Committee of Gentlemen from New York, October 1850

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[Franklin, N. H., October 1850] I concur, gentlemen, in all the political principles contained in the resolutions, a copy of which has bee...
Sunday, July 21, 2024

Senator John C. Calhoun to Thomas Clemson, July 23, 1848

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Washington 23d July 1848 MY DEAR SIR, I received in the regular course of the Steamer yours of the 27th of June, and Anna's to her mot...
Saturday, May 11, 2024

Congressman Albert G. Brown’s Speech on the Slavery Question, August 29, 1850

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SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AUGUST 29, 1850. MR. BROWN said he designed to make a few remarks only in reply to the gentleman f...
Thursday, February 22, 2024

Congressman Albert G. Brown’s Speech on Homesteads, July 26, 1850

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WHEN arrested in the progress of my remarks yesterday, I was about to say that I approved of the main object of the bill reported by the Com...
Thursday, January 25, 2024

Congressman Horace Mann, August 5, 1850

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AUG. 5, 1850. We are rejoiced at the defeat of the Omnibus Bill. It strengthens the chances of the Territories for freedom. All delay in a...
Monday, October 23, 2023

Congressman Horace Mann to Samuel Downer, June 13, 1850

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WASHINGTON, June 13, 1850. S. DOWNER, Esq. MY DEAR SIR, You must excuse me for not answering all your kind letters. I should be glad to do...

Congressman Horace Mann to Samuel Downer, June 28, 1850

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WASHINGTON, June 28, 1850. S. DOWNER, Esq. DEAR SIR,—The fate of the Compromise Bill is still doubtful in the Senate, though public opinio...
Thursday, October 5, 2023

Abraham Lincoln’s 4th Annual Message to Congress, December 6, 1864

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Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: Again the blessings of health and abundant harvests claim our pro-roundest gra...