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P-103 Morse, William H. California Gold Rush Correspondence
Title
P-103 Morse, William H. California Gold Rush Correspondence
Date
1849-04-04
Description
This letter was written in 1849 by a forty-niner in St. Louis, one William H. Morse, to a friend back home in New England. He’s been in St. Louis for three weeks, the last stop on the frontier, as he prepares to embark on a journey westward on the overland trail, making his way to California in search of gold. He describes his 35 day trip thus far, from an unnamed town in the northeast, south through Baltimore to Harpers Ferry, through the Cumberland Gap to Morgantown, where he caught steamboats that carried him to Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, down the Ohio River, and up the Mississippi to St. Louis. Morse provides a colorful commentary along the way, describing the towns and major landmarks he passed.
Letters from Hon. Waddy Thompson and Others
Title
Letters from Hon. Waddy Thompson and Others
Date
1849
Description
On the Subject of Mail Communication Between New orleans and Vera Cruz
M-435 Cunningham, Jane
Title
M-435 Cunningham, Jane
Date
1848-10-09
Description
Letter from Jane Cunningham to her cousin in response to a request for genealogical information. Cunningham discusses her father, uncles, and brother, with significant detail on their involvement in the Battle of Ramsour’s Mill in North Carolina (June 20, 1780) and conflict with Native Americans in Tennessee.
Letter of Hon. John A. McClernand, in Favor of Establishing a National Armory and Foundry in the Mississippi Valley
Title
Letter of Hon. John A. McClernand, in Favor of Establishing a National Armory and Foundry in the Mississippi Valley
Date
1848-03-04
M-016: Buchanan, James
Title
M-016: Buchanan, James
Date
1847-12-17
Description
Letter to A. C. Cazenove, Esq. concerning Nicolas Basler, by James Buchanan., 1.0 Comments: James Buchanan (1791-1868) was the 15th President of the United States (1857-1861). He is the only president from Pennsylvania, the only president who remained a lifelong bachelor, and the last president born in the 18th century. He was a U.S. Congressman and Senator for Pennsylvania and later served as Minister to Russia under Andrew Jackson. Buchanan was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president in 1844. He became Secretary of State under President James K. Polk (March 1845 - March 1849 - through all of Polk’s Presidency). The two most important international events during his tenure was the settling of the Oregon Territory boundary with Canada and the Mexican War (1846-1848). (This is the period in which this letter was written.) After he turned down an offer for an appointment to the Supreme Court, President Franklin Pierce appointed him minister to the Court of St. James's. Buchanan was nominated and elected President in 1856. He was viewed as a compromise between the two sides of the slavery question. His election victory took place in a three-man race with John C. Fremont and Millard Fillmore. As President, he was often called a "doughface", a Northerner with Southern sympathies. He battled with Stephen A. Douglas for the control of the Democratic Party. Buchanan's efforts to maintain peace between the North and the South alienated both sides, and the Southern states ultimately declared their secession in the prologue to the American Civil War in December of 1860 in the last days of his presidency.
P-098 Letter from Samuel to his Parents December 11, 1847
Title
P-098 Letter from Samuel to his Parents December 11, 1847
Date
1847-12-11
P-098 Letter from Samuel to his Parents December 1, 1847
Title
P-098 Letter from Samuel to his Parents December 1, 1847
Date
1847-12-01
P-098 Rothgeb, Samuel Correspondence Collection
Title
P-098 Rothgeb, Samuel Correspondence Collection
Date
1847
Description
Two letters written by Samuel Rothgeb to his parents in 1847. Rothgeb was a young man just off the farm when he took up a position as a merchant and cook aboard a flatboat plying the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers at the twilight of the flatboat age. His letters chronicle storms, river trade, daily rafting life, and more.
Letters of Albert Gallatin, on the Oregon Question
Title
Letters of Albert Gallatin, on the Oregon Question
Date
1846-01-07
Description
Letters from Albert Gallatin discussing the sovereignty of the United States in western territories.
To the Hon. John Quincy Adams, and the Other Twenty Members of Congress
Title
To the Hon. John Quincy Adams, and the Other Twenty Members of Congress
Date
1843-10-20
Description
Open letter from a citizen of Texas to Congress concerning the ongoing process of the annexation of Texas to the United States.
M-001: John Quincy Adams Letter
Title
M-001: John Quincy Adams Letter
Date
1843-09-26
Description
This letter, by former President John Quincy Adams, is in response to a request by the Mechanical Library Association of Baltimore for Adam’s to speak at their facility at some future date. This association was connected to and an outgrowth of the Baltimore volunteer Mechanical Fire Company, formed by the company for member’s self education. Adams is informing them that he will not be able to speak at the Association’s venue on the date requested. For a full description see the collection page.
To the Democratic Party of Illinois
Title
To the Democratic Party of Illinois
Date
1843-01-16
Description
Letter to the Democratic Party regarding Mr. Young's re-election to the Senate of the United States
A Circular Letter to the Churches Under the Care of the Synod of Missouri
Title
A Circular Letter to the Churches Under the Care of the Synod of Missouri
Date
1842
Description
Written in Obedience to a Resolution of Synod. Passed At Its Meeting in April 1842
Letter to the Unitarian Society in Louisville
Title
Letter to the Unitarian Society in Louisville
Date
1840-10-01
Description
Letter to the parish from the former minister about the current state of the parish.
Letter of the Hon. J. Reynolds of Illinois, to his Constituents
Title
Letter of the Hon. J. Reynolds of Illinois, to his Constituents
Date
1840-06
Description
City of Washington, June 1840.

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