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Box 6

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

Lemuel J. Bowden, Williamsburg, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, D.C., 1845 June 15

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 352
Identifier: id100789
Scope and Contents

List of subscribers to the Union; Texas and the Whigs; personal differences between Mr. Wise and Mr. Polk; popularity of the Union. 4 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1845 June 15
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ritchie-Harrison Papers / Series 2: Professional Papers of Thomas Ritchie / Box 6

David Petrikin, Danville, Penna., to Thomas Ritchie, Washington City, D.C., 1845 May 20

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 344
Identifier: id100781
Scope and Contents

The Union newspaper as an organ of the Democratic party and the desire by Petrikin that the paper publish only correct information on matters of government and Democratic principles; Calvin Blythe of Pennsylvania is cited as a Democrat unworthy of being written about in the Union, especially when other Democrats like W.H. Roane of Virginia are well known for their integrity and party loyalty. 3 pp. L.

Dates: 1845 May 20
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ritchie-Harrison Papers / Series 2: Professional Papers of Thomas Ritchie / Box 6