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Showing posts with label War of 1812. Show all posts
Showing posts with label War of 1812. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 4, 2025

John J. Crittenden’s Address on the Life and Death of Henry Clay, Delivered at Louisville, September 29, 1852

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,—I am very sensible of the difficulty and magnitude of the task which I have undertaken. I am to address you in comme...
Friday, October 11, 2024

Diary of Elvira J. Powers: Saturday, April 2, 1864

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Reached the "City of the Falls" in the night. Left the boat about six this morning, took a hasty breakfast at the “National,” then...
Sunday, September 29, 2024

Diary of Private William S. White, October 28, 1861

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Our Captain, Robert C. Stanard, died to-day at Camp Deep Creek, of disease contracted in the army. He was a man of warm impulses and generou...
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...
Saturday, May 25, 2024

Speech of Ralph Waldo Emerson,* Saturday Evening, November 18, 1859

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MR. CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW-CITIZENS: I share the sympathy and sorrow which have brought us together. Gentlemen who have preceded me have well s...
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...