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Showing posts with label Zachary Taylor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zachary Taylor. Show all posts
Sunday, March 2, 2025

Speech of Congressman Albert G. Brown, November 2, 1850

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DELIVERED AT ELLWOOD SPRINGS, NEAR PORT GIBSON, MISS., NOVEMBER 2, 1850. FELLOW-CITIZENS: I shall speak to you to-day, not as Whigs, not a...
Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Senator Henry Clay to Thomas B. Stevenson, January 31, 1849

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NEW ORLEANS, January 31, 1849. MY DEAR SIR,—The breaking out of the cholera here prevented my meeting General Taylor in this city, as had ...
Thursday, December 5, 2024

Senator John C. Calhoun to Thomas G. Clemson, March 7, 1848

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Washington 7th March 1848 MY DEAR SIR, The last Steamer brought a letter from Anna to me, the only one received by it. I am happy to learn...
Thursday, November 28, 2024

Colonel Bingaman’s Address, June 15, 1847.

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Col. Davis, Lieut. Col. McClung—Officers and Soldiers of the First Mississippi Rifles: Veteran Volunteers—the Star Regiment—men of Montere...
Tuesday, November 5, 2024

General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, April 3, 1886

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ST. LOUIS, April 3, 1886. Dear Brother: . . . I shall go to California to be in San Francisco August 3d-5th for the Encampment of the G. A...

General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, April 13, 1886

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ST. LOUIS, April 13, 1886. Dear Brother: Your letter was duly received, and the quotation from Corwin's speech will be all I want. I ...
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Senator Henry Clay to General Leslie Combs, March 7, 1849

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NEW ORLEANS, March 7, 1849. MY DEAR SIR,—I received your last letter, transmitting one which is returned. Many thanks are due to you for v...

Senator Henry Clay to James Harlan, March 13, 1849

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NEW ORLEANS, March 13, 1849. MY DEAR SIR,—I received your favor of the 3d instant. I concluded not to attend the Call Session, which I cou...
Thursday, September 12, 2024

Reception in honor of the First Regiment Mississippi Volunteers, War with Mexico at Natchez, Mississippi, June 15, 1847.

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(From Natchez Weekly Courier, June 16, 1847.) Yesterday was a day which will long be remembered in our annals—a glorious day, alternately ...