Box 6
Contains 82 Results:
David Robinson and John L. Robinson, Bennington, Vt., to Thomas Ritchie, Washington City, 1845 July 23
Scope and Contents
Introduction of Jno. C. Haswell; discussion of the Richmond Enquirer as a "standard of political orthodoxy"; expression of pleasure that Ritchie was selected editor of the Union. 1 p. ALS.
H.M. Garland, Lynchburg, Virginia to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, D.C., 1845 July 25
Discussion of the president and his Administration. 3 pp. ALS.
William H. Harvey, St. Louis, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington City, D.C., 1845 July 26
Scope and Contents
Congratulations to Ritchie on his new position as editor of the Washington Union; recent lack of confidence expressed by the general public towards President Polk; mention of the tariff and "compromise of the Oregon question"; Harvey's desire to be reinstated in his job; mention of several people in congress from Missouri whom Ritchie may rely on. 4 pp. ALS.
Henry R. Jackson, Savannah, to Thomas Ritchie, 1845 August 7
Editorial in the Savannah Republican against Mr. McAllister, Democratic candidate for governor. 2 pp. ALS.
R. Wallace, Warrenton, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington City,, 1845 August 8
Calhoun as a candidate for the Presidency; Polk and the tariff; Texas question. 7 pp. ALS.
L. Fitzgerald Tisestro [?], Washington, to Thomas Ritchie., 1845 August
Article in a Baltimore paper about Polk and promises he made following his nomination by the Baltimore Convention; Tisestro's[?] dismissal from office by Mr. Walker. 3 pp. ALS.
Edmund Burke, Washington, to John H. Steele, [?], 1845 August 13
Introduction of Thomas Ritchie to John H. Steele. 1 p. ALS.
John P. Heiss, New York, to Thomas Ritchie, 1845 August 15
Mutual friend "Slam should receive a Presidential appointment; thinks Bancroft and March have been instrumental in prejudicing the President against him; suggests "slam be appointed purser of the Navy;. comparison of Tyler's and Polk's Administrations. 4 pp. ALS.
R. Wallace, Warrenton, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, D.C., 1845 August 18
War with Mexico; interests of England and France in Mexico; U.S. strategy if war is declared. 3 pp. ALS.
John P. Heiss, Washington, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, D.C., 1845 August 19
Scope and Contents
Support for the Union; J. L. O'Sullivan's dislike of President Polk; Van Buren and the "Southern Democracy". 2 pp. ALS.
Thomas S. Wilson, Harrisburg, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington City, D.C., 1845 August 25
Wilson's unemployment and desire to have an advertisement inserted in Richie's paper.
William Lynch, New York, to Thomas Ritchie and John P. Heiss, Washington, 1845 August 28
Introduction of Col. Paul H. Hubbs, a merchant in New York. 1 p. ALS.
John H. Frick [?], Philadelphia , to Geo. Plitt [?], 1845 September 3
Scope and Contents
Appointment of a commissioner from Virginia; "Clay Whigs" who were already appointed. 1 p. ALS.
J.J. Seibels[?], Montegomery, Alabama, to Thomas Ritchie and John P. Heiss, Washington City, 1845 September 7
Scope and Contents
Reaction of the citizens of Montgomery to the incorrect news that Mexico had declared war on the United States; mustering of two volunteer companies, the "Riflemen" and the "Blues", and thier resolutions to defend the U.S.; the "Riflemen's" disapointment about not recieving a letter of recognition from the President for thier patriotic action; a copy of the "Riflemen's" resolutions enclosed which were also mailed to the President. 4 pp. ALS.
James Lyons, Woodbourne, to Thomas Ritchie, 1845 September 10
Gift of four Virginia hams. 1 p. ALS.
Gansevoort Melbille, London, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, D.C., 1845 September 18
Reference to an article about Oregon in an English journal Bell's Life. 1 p. ALS.
A Hutchinson, Jackson, Mississippi, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington City., 1845 October 6
Democratic Party in Mississippi; address of the last Democratic State Convention; Texas annexation; senatorial race between ex-Gov. McNutt and Gen. Foote; article about Gen. Same Houston and reference to a speech he made; boundary of the Rio Bravo. 3 pp. ALS.
Thomas Mell, Charles F. Lender, and Nelson Hayward, Cleveland City Democratic Executive Committee, Cleveland, Ohio, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, D.C., 1845 October 7
Scope and Contents
Reaction to an editorial in the Union about the press in Ohio; politics in Ohio, 1840-1845; position of Whigs and conservative Democrats in Ohio's 1840 election; money power and the banks; Bartley Bank Bill of 1842-43; "Softs vs. Hards"; Texas annexation question; Rooster [?] Bank Bill; Democratic county convention in Ohio. 8 pp. ALS.
John N. D. Palmer, Cincinnati, to thomas Ritchie, Washington, D.C., 1845 October
Articles against Ritchie and Polk by the editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer; influence of John Brough in Ohio politics; background of Hiram Robinson and his relation to John Brough. 3 pp. ALS.
"Tyro", Millersburgh, Ohio, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, D.C., 1845 October 9
Failure of the Union to publish any letters from Ohio Democrats; protection of civil and religious liberties; war with Mexico; Santa Anna and General Paredas mentioned; consitution of Texas; occupation of Oregon. 4 pp. AL.
F. H. Amen, Limestone Springs [?], to J[ohn] Young Mason, 1845 October 10
Editor of the Mercury and his relation to Calhoun; Calhoun's support of Polk's Administration; reduction of the Tariff. 3 pp. ALS
Henry Bernhard, New York, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, 1845 October 10
Desire for more emphasis on European news; suggestion that the Union no longer reprint articles from English journals; Bernard as possible editor of foreign news for the Union. 3 pp. ALS.
William Brent and A. Lee Brent, near Falmouth, Virginia, to Thomas Ritchie., 1845 October 20
Defense of Brent's father following an attack by the New York Express. 1 p. ALS.
H. W. Bohme, Bremen, Germany, to William H. Robertson, Antwerp, [Belgium], 1845 October 23
Complaint of American seea captains that no U.S. agent resides at Bremerhaven; problem of protecting unemployed American seamen in Bremen; Shipping foreigners to the U.S. 3 pp. ALS.
[?], St. Louis, to [?], 1845 October 24
Scope and Contents
Appointment of E. Warren as Consul for the port of Trieste and reasons for his probable rejection by the Senate; dissatisfaction with other appointments by President Polk; "Hard Annexationists" in Missouri; resistence to European encroachment; modification of the tarriff. 4 pp. L