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1840/01/21
Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874)
To: Solomon G. Haven
Abolition, William Henry Harrison, election of 1840: " The whole people seem to move spontaneously." With FF.
GLC07988
1857/07/03
Connecticut electors
To: James Buchanan [Copy]
Copy of New Haven Memorial sent to Buchanan by electors of Connecticut regarding their grievances with the Lecompton Constitution, popular sovereignty and slavery in Kansas. Includes the signatures of 43 electors. "...the people shall make their own...
GLC07992.01
1857/07/03 ca.
Unknown
To: [unknown] [Rough draft]
Rough draft of letter regarding the grievances of Connecticut electors with the Lecompton Constitution, popular sovereignty and slavery in Kansas, and the electors criticism of Pres. Buchanan. "After what was called the "abolition of the Missouri...
GLC07992.02
September 1807 ca.
Adams, John (1735-1826)
To Benjamin Rush
Scathing assessment of Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton, and Lafayette. "Washington had great advantages for obtaining Credence. He possessed a great Fortune, immense Lands, many Slaves, an excellent Consort, no Children."
GLC08023
02 May 1800
United States. Congress
Correction to Slave Trade Amendment
Congressional Comittee on abolishment of Slave Trade. Corrections to be made to the abolishment of the slave trade. " 'An act in addition to the act intituled [entitled] 'An act to prohibit the carrying on the Slave Trade from the United States to...
GLC08034
11 December 1796
Washington, George (1732-1799)
to Sir John Sinclair
Written by President Washington to Sinclair the Scottish politician and writer on finance and agriculture. Describes the natural characteristics of various sections of the country, their chief resources, climates, interests and activities, relative...
GLC08095
05 August 1786
[Receipt for slave-catching services].
Receipt made out to James Rumsey for payment received by Daniel Neale for pursuit of "Runaway Servants" (most likely slaves). Endorsed by George Washington and George Rumsey on verso.
GLC08254
11 June 1821
Hale, Aurelia (ca. b. 1798)
to Sarah Hale
Letter to her sister, which is apparently the first since she left home. She describes quickly becoming accustomed to the lifestyle in Georgia and says that she prefers it, including the number of blacks in the area: she mentions that they "find it...
GLC08934.004
28 February 1854
Fessenden, William Pitt (1806-1869)
to James D. Fessenden
Writes to his son about his opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. Fessenden, who had recently been sworn in as a Maine senator, comments that "The Nebraska outrage occasions great feelings here...It is near pretty well understood that the free...
GLC08935
October 1859
Douglas, Stephen Arnold (1813-1861)
Popular Sovereignty in the Territories: Judge Douglas in Reply to Judge Black
Responds at length to the criticisms of his position on popular sovereignty by Attorney General Jeremiah S. Black. Emphasizes that he would "never vote for a slave code in the Territories by Congress." First edition with original free franked...
GLC08940
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