Box 9
Contains 59 Results:
H.C.C Kelly, Springfield, Ky., to [Thomas Ritchie & John P. heiss], Washington City, D.C., 1847 November 13
Division with the Democratic ranks oveer the Wilmot Proviso; right of Congress to interfere in state governments; question of slavery especially in the territories; mention of the Missouri Compromise. 3 pp. ALS.
G.V.H. Forbes, Natches, to Thomas Ritchie, 1847 November 20
Southern Views on the course of the Mexican War. 1 p. ALS.
E.G.W. Butler, Upper Rio Grande, To Thomas Ritchie, Washington, D.C., 1847 November 22
Scope and Contents
Whig control of the House; Mexican War battles; General Scott's attack upon the capital; General Wool to his new headquarters; General Taylor "will be forced into the political arena". 4 pp. ALS.
W.B. McCarthy, Jas. E. Sheridan, R.R. Dumass, Thos.W. Wright, Jas. D. Thornbury, Pittsburg, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, D.C., 1847 December 12
Dinner invitation from the Pittsburgh Press. 1 p. LS.
W.D. Wallach to Thomas Ritchie, 1847 December 21
Van Reuthugsen[?]'s investment in a printing speculation; suggestion to Earringer that his friends should not oppose Ritchie in the Senate if they don't want Ritchie to obstruct Gales and Seaton in the House; printing matters between Blair and Rives; notice of a new theatre. 2 pp. ALS>.
John P. Heiss, Washington, to Thomas Ritchie, 1847 December 21
Desire that Ritchie submit his editorial on time so the paper can go to press and be in the mail at a reasonable hour. 1 p. ALS.
"The Union and its Constitution", 1847 December 23
Congressional control of slavery. 4 pp. AMss.
"Howard", Indiana, to [Thomas Ritchie?], 1847 December 24
Senator Dickinson's resolutions on slavery; Question of Congress' right to interfere with slavery in the territories; validity of the Missouri Compromise; territory acquired as a result of the war with Mexico. 4 pp. AL.
John Brockenbrough, Warm Springs, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, 1847 December 31
Subscription to the Union; Walker and his promotion of free trade and an independent treasury; war with Mexico; mention of Gallatin and Clay. 2 pp. ALS.
W.D. Wallach to Thomas Ritchie, 1848 January 26
Reference to article in the Indiana Sentinel; houston's chances to be elected; mention of Andrew Johnson. 2 pp. ALS.
Ed[ward] M. Strange, Palmyra, Virginia, to John Young Mason, Washington, D.C., 1848 February 16
Obtaining a commission in the Army; Mexican War; friendship between Ritchie & Stange's father; general Taylor as a Whig nominee for the Presidenty; Clay's chances as a Presidential candidate. 2 pp. ALS.
William F. Watson, Ritchmond, to Th[omas] Ritchie, 1848 February 18
Approach of the Democratic convention; defense of Polk's Administration in regard to the Mexican War. 1 p. ALS.
Andrew J[ackson] Moulder, Warrenton, Virginia, to Thomas Ritchie & John P. Heiss, Washington City, D.C., 1848 February 23
Complaint that the Union is not mailed promptly; mention of Mexico and the war; denunciation of the Whig Party. 4 pp. ALS.
Albert M. Gillian, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, to Judge French, 1848 March 23
Scope and Contents
Importance of constructing a railroad from San Fransisco to the Mississippi River; Gillian's journal "travels in Mexico" which he claims is the first published work to propose such a railroad; Whitney's proposals regarding a railroad from the Columbia River to Lake Michigan; Dallas' plan for a canal across the Isthmus of Tehuantepee. 4 pp. ALS.
D.A. Ogden, Penn Yan, New York, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington City, D.C., 1848 April 7
Problems confronting the Democratic Party in New York; how to bring harmony to the party at the national convention.3 pp. ALS.
George W. Huston to Thomas Ritchie, Washington City, D.C., [May 11, 1848]
Request for information about benjamin Watkins Leigh. 1 pp. ALS.
Lt. W. B. Royall, Fort Mann, Arkansas River, to General R. Jones, Washington City, D.C., 1848 June 21
Royall's command of U.S. troops on a trip from Council Grove [Kansas] to Fort Mann [Kansas?]; detailed description of Indian attacks while enroute to Fort Mann; mention of Major Thomas J. Bryant, U.S. Army Paymaster. 7 pp. Cy.
Alex Kuch, Waverly, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, 1848 June 22
Desire by Kuch to be a political writer for Ritchie during the campaign;Kush's selection as the Democratic candidate from prince George's County for the state Senate. 1 p. ALS.
R.R. Collins, Petersburg, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, D.C., 1848 June 26
Collins' reasons for not supporting Martin Van Buren for the Presidency. 3 pp. ALS.
J. W. Stevenson, Frankfort, Kentucky, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington City, D.C, 1848 July 10
Presidential campaign of 1848 and mention of Crittenden, Clay, Taylor; slavery questions; campaign tactics in Massachussetts and Kentucky. 3 pp. ALS.
Ambroses Dudley Mann, London, to Thomas Ritchie, 1848 July 14
Scope and Contents
the "mecklenburg Declaration"; mention of Van Buren, AAron Burr, and Andrew Jackson; desire for an appointment to Belgium. 3 pp. ALS.
W.D. McDaniel, Pontotoc, Miss. to Thomas Ritchie., 1848 August 1
Martin Van Buren as a Presidential candidate; nomination of Cass and butler; predicted Democratic vote in Mississippi and Alabama; fading support for General Taylor in the South and West. 2 pp. ALS.
Robert McClelland, Washington, to Thomas Ritchie, 1848 August 1
General Cass' position on the Wilmot Proviso; disagreement with Ritchie's editorials about Cass; mention of General Taylor, W.J. Brown, and Gov. Feltch. 2 pp. ALS.
John S. Swift, Caltago, N.C., to Thomas Ritchie, Washington City, D.C., 1848 August 7
Request for documents about Gen. Cass, Gen. Taylor; campaign in a country in North Carolina. 2 pp. ALS.
F.B. Shepard, Mount Vernon, to president Polk, Washington, 1848 August 11
Displeasure with the command of Lt. A. H. Dearborn and request that he be transferred to Oregon for duty; mention of the Mexican War and slavery. 3 pp. ALS.