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Showing posts with label Thomas Jefferson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thomas Jefferson. Show all posts
Thursday, September 18, 2025

Henry A. Wise’s Anecdote about John Tyler and Colonel John Brown Baldwin

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His (Baldwin's) politics differed widely from Mr. Tyler's. Mr. Tyler from his youth up was a Democrat of the order of Jefferson, whi...
Thursday, August 28, 2025

Last Will and Testament of Peter Jefferson, October 13, 1757

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In the Name of God Amen I Peter Jefferson of the County of Abemarle being of perfect and sound memory (for which I bless God) Do make and Pu...
Saturday, July 26, 2025

Abraham Lincoln to Henry Lillie Pierce and Others, April 6, 1859

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SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, 6 April, 1859. GENTLEMEN:— Your kind note inviting me to attend a festival in Boston, on the 28th instant, in honor...
Sunday, August 18, 2024

Senator Charles Sumner to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives, May 14, 1851

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FELLOW-CITIZENS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: BY the hands of the Secretary of the Commonwealth I have received a certificat...
Sunday, August 4, 2024

Daniel Webster to Mr. Plumer, February 14, 1851

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Washington, February 14, 1851. DEAR SIR,—I wish it were in my power to find time to write or speak of your father, and gather up the recol...
Thursday, August 1, 2024

Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, December 10, 1819

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MONTICELLO, December 10, 1819. DEAR SIR,—I have to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of November the 23d. The banks, bankrupt law, man...

Senator John C. Calhoun’s Speech on the Oregon Bill, June 27, 1848

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[Delivered in the United States Senate, June 27th, 1848.] THERE is a very striking difference between the position on which the slaveholdi...