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Showing posts with label The Omnibus Bill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Omnibus Bill. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Congressman Horace Mann to Samuel Downer, August 28, 1850

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 1850. MY DEAR DOWNER, I received yours of the 26th to-day. We are at last at the hand-to-hand encounter. The Texas Bo...

Congressman Horace Mann, August 29, 1850

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AUG. 29. The first question about the Boundary Bill was, "Shall it be rejected?" This was decided in the negative by a very larg...
Thursday, January 25, 2024

Congressman Horace Mann, July 23, 1850

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JULY 23, 1850. Yesterday Mr. Clay made his closing speech on the Compromise Bill. He spoke three hours and ten minutes, and seemed to reta...

Congressman Horace Mann, July 29, 1850

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JULY 29, 1850. We have just heard that Mr. Winthrop has been appointed senator to fill the place made vacant by Mr. Webster. Under the cir...

Congressman Horace Mann to Samuel Downer, July 31, 1850

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WASHINGTON, July 31, 1850. MY DEAR DOWNER,—You could not have given me any proof of your friendship so acceptable as in writing to me with...

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...
Sunday, September 10, 2017

Senator Salmon P. Chase to Charles Sumner, June 22, 1850

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Northampton , June 22, 1850. My Dear Sumner : I came here on Thursday evening, having left the Federal City the evening before at 5 P. ...