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Sunday, September 24, 2023

Robert P. Letcher to Senator John J. Crittenden, May 6, 1850

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MEXICO, May 6, 1850. DEAR CRITTENDEN,—Ah, my dear governor! not quite so fast. You have pulled trigger a little too quick. There is no dis...

Senator John J. Crittenden to Orlando Brown, May 18, 1850

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 FRANKFORT, May 18, 1850. MY DEAR SIR,—Your letter of the 9th inst. was duly received, and, by the telegraph, we already know that all you...

Senator John J. Crittenden to Orlando Brown, June 7, 1850

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FRANKFORT, June 7, 1850. DEAR ORLANDO,—I returned last Sunday from Indianapolis after a week's absence. Nothing could exceed the kindn...

Senator John J. Crittenden to Albert T. Burnley, July 19, 1850

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July 19, 1850. DEAR BURNLEY,—I returned from Louisville last evening, where I was suddenly summoned a few days ago to attend the sick and,...

Senator John J. Crittenden to Ann Mary Crittenden Coleman, July 23, 1850

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FRANKFORT, July 23, 1850. MY DEAR DAUGHTER,—Doubly near and dear to me in your affliction, I do not know how to address you, or to express...

John J. Crittenden on the Constitutionality of the Fugitive Slave Bill, September 18, 1850

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The provisions of the bill, commonly called the fugitive slave bill, and which Congress have submitted to the President for his approval and...

John J. Crittenden’s Eulogy of United States Supreme Court Associate Justice John McKinley, July 20, 1852

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Since its adjournment yesterday, the members of the bar and officers of the court held a meeting and adopted resolutions expressive of their...

Robert P. Letcher to John J. Crittenden, October 20, 1850

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MEXICO, October 20, 1850. DEAR CRITTENDEN,—Mr. Marks, a gentleman of respectability and intelligence, has just signified to me that he set...

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge to John J. Crittenden, November 23, 1850

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LEXINGTON, Nov. 23, 1850. MY DEAR SIR,—More than a year ago our friend Garnett Duncan made application to the President and to the Secreta...

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge to John J. Crittenden, April 12, 1851

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LEXINGTON, KY., April 12, 1851. DEAR SIR,—You may, perhaps, recollect that I was inconsiderate enough to address a letter to you during th...

Congressman Albert G. Brown to His Constituents, May 13, 1850

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FELLOW-CITIZENS: I feel impelled, by a strong sense of duty, to address to you this communication. If it shall seem to you more appropriate ...
Thursday, September 21, 2023

Theodore Parker to Congressman Horace Mann, Saturday Night, March 11, 1850

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BOSTON, March 11, 1850.           Saturday Night. HON. HORACE MANN. DEAR SIR,—God bless you for your noble speech which I have just read i...

Congressman Horace Mann, March 13, 1850

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MARCH 13, 1850. The hallucination that seizes the South on the subject of slavery, is, indeed, enough to excite our compassion; but an exc...

Congressman Horace Mann to Samuel Downer, March 21, 1850

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WASHINGTON, March 21, 1850. SAMUEL DOWNER, Esq. MY DEAR SIR, I am glad to hear from you. I did not know but you would give me over to ...

Congressman Horace Mann to Samuel Downer, March 1850

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MARCH, 1850. To S. DOWNER. MY DEAR FRIEND,—Mr. Webster astonished almost all Northern men here. We are recovering from the shock; but it w...