Box 9
Contains 59 Results:
Walter Chapman Dent, Rural Hill, Maryland, to Thomas Ritchie, 1848 August 14
Scope and Contents
Election of Generals Cass and Butler; poem "A Democratic Song". 4 pp. ALS & Ms. Poem.
T. Barry, Alexanderia, Louisiana, to Senator Henry S. Foote, Washington, 1848 August 15
Whigs vs. Democrats in Louisiana; election prospects of Cass and Butler in Louisiana; ten points reflecting Taylor's political position. 3 pp. ALS.
L. Patrick Fowles, Memphis, Tennessee, to Thomas Ritchie & John P. Heiss, Washington, D.C., 1848 August 19
Presidential approval od the Oregon Bill and the Wilmot Proviso; selection of Cass and Butler; denunciation of Polk; betrayal felt by Democrats in the South. 4 pp. ALS.
J.D. Graham, Washington, to Thomas Ritchie, 1848 August 19
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Senate speech by Benton "on the nomination of Brig. General Kearney for the brevet of Major General". 1 p ALS.
"Senix", Washington, D.C., to Thomas Ritchie, 1848 August 24
Belief American principles and freedom are being threatened; propsal of seven questions concerning the Presidential campaign of 1848; mention of Francis p. Blair Martin Van Buren, John Vanhusan, Dewit Clinton, and Daniel D. Thompkins. 3 pp. AL.
John P. Heiss, Union Office, to Thomas Ritchie, 1848 August 26
Suspension of Casserly; assay reports on Heiss' gold mine. 3 pp. ALS.
Joseph Constant, Washington, to T.W. Ritchey [I.e., Thomas Ritchie], 1848 August 26
Reference to a communication about a friend Vanhusan;mention of John E. Norice and a Mr. Anwhich in the State Department. 1 p. ALS.
John P. Heiss, New York, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, D.C., 1847 August 21
Congressional printing matters concerning Houston, Ned Curtis, Wendell and Benth[rysen?]; purchase of a cask of brandy for Ritchie. 2 pp. ALS.
John P. Heiss, Union Office, to Thomas Ritchie, 1848 July 27
Liquidation of Heiss' interest in the Union; possibility of disposing of this interest to George R.Fall, an editor of the Jackson Mississippian. 1 p. ALS.