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December 20, 1856
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
to Henry E. Rees
Senator Sumner replies to a letter from Rees. Claims that unless slavery is checked, "the liberty of white as well as black in our country will become a name only."
GLC01574.02
July 5, 1699
Penn, William, 1644-1718
to Joseph Pike
Writes about preparations for his last trip to America. Accompanied by a separate leaf signed "M. Jacob" stating that the letter is "to my great great great grandfather Joseph Pike." A merchant in Cork, Ireland, Pike was an old Quaker friend.
GLC01577
February 7, 1819
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
to unknown
Regarding his public quarrel with General Andrew Jackson. Feels that Jackson is trying to make him look bad in any way possible, but is not too concerned. Addressed to "Major," from whom he had received correspondence. Surname of recipient may be...
GLC01581
March 16, 1863
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
to Stephen Augustus Hurlbut
Writes about his surprise that General Hurlbut's nomination is being opposed in the Senate. Castigates the press, "I have been foolish to excite the animosity of the Newspaper fraternity ... but this class of men are so supercilious that whenever I...
GLC01582
circa spring 1851
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
to Dr. Stone
Writes from "Woodside Cottage." Says she just received his letter and hopes to see him in Boston next week. Asks him "to make no public mention if you have not, of the Uncle Tom project till I have seen you. Don't mention it at any rate till then."...
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March 20, 1852
to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
On its first day of publication in 1852, Stowe sends a copy [not present] of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. Slavery had been abolished throughout the British Empire in 1833, and Stowe holds Britain up as a model for...
GLC01585
28 September 1787
Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814
to Catharine Macaulay
Written by Warren three days after the publication of the Constitution. She writes "[a]lmost every one whom I have yet seen reads with attention, holds the page with solemnity, & silently wraps up his opinion within his own breast...." (Not dated...
GLC01800.03
1850
Read and ponder the Fugitive Slave Law!
A large anti-Whig broadside, attacking Samuel A. Elliott of Boston, and re-printing the Fugitive Slave law. Emphasis added with capital letters in some sections. Declares that the law is against the Constitution, habeas corpus and Christianity...
GLC01862
December 1857
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
"House divided" speech fragment re: slavery, Dred Scott, Kansas
A single page beginning "Why Kansas is neither the whole, nor a tithe of the real question." Written before the debates with Stephen A. Douglas, apparently in response to that Senator's Dec. 9, 1857 speech in opposition to Buchanan's State of the...
GLC02533
18 January 1863
Southgate, William Wallace, 1834-1896
to R. W. Southgate
Written by a soldier in the 12th Vermont Militia. Argues that soldiers generally oppose the emancipation of enslaved people. Mentions James Ewell Brown [Jeb] Stuart's Cavalry charge upon them but says it did not turn into anything as they were...
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