Miss [Margaret] Fuller's history of Italy and talents as a writer; her association with the New York Tribune and desire to write for another paper at a better salary. 4 pp. ALS.

Comparison of people in the South and North with emphasis on the character of the New York massess; details of the public reception given Father Mathews, a temperance leader. 4 pp. ALS.

Relation between the Union and the New York Evening Post; Col. Webb's views on Gen. Cass. 3 pp. ALS.

Acknowledgement of a generous gift; business matters of the Union. 2 pp. ALS.

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Poem presented for publication in the Union, "A Tribute to the Memory of James K Polk" 2 pp. ALS. & Ms. Poem.

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"Kidnapping a Spaniard at New Orleans by an Emissary of the Cuban government"; independence of Cuba. 1 p. ALS.

Article [not enclosed] sbmitted to the Union by Gideon Welles; examination of Smith's pamphlet against the Democratic Party and recomendation that it not be published; refutation of Smith's charge against Burke; New Republic as a defender of the Democrats; questions of whether slavery is the issue among Democrats; belief that slavery must be abandoned as the main article in the Democratic Party creed. 3 pp. ALS.

Expression of sadness over the death of James K. polk by the Dialectic Society of the University of North Carolian. 2 pp. ALS.

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Copy of an article submitted to The Republic by Salle under the name 'Whigissimus"; Salle's request to also have the article published in the Union. 10 pp. ALS.

Article addressing several questions to the Union regarding slavery in the territories, executive patronage, and biased reporting; mention of John C. Calhoun, Thomas H. Benton, and Martin Van Buren. 3 pp. ALS.

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Copy of a communication "From the New York Observer--Did Britain force Slavery Upon America" signed "Necker"; inaugaration of Polk; elections in Kentucky. 3 pp. ALS.

Introduction of Stafford and his family; detailed account of repeated attempts by Stafford's sister to obtain information about a claim pending in Congress. 4 pp. ALS.

Cooke's journal about the desert between Tueson Sonora and the Gila River. 2 pp. ALS.

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Establishment of a new Democratic paper at Leesburg, Virginia, by Clary and Greer and another in New Market by David Hendrick. 1 p. ALS.

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"Removal of W.A.R. Singleton the Post Master at Amissville"; remarks by "Hamlet" in an earlier article about Singleton's removal; political ramifications of this controversy on General Taylor and his Cabinet; mention of the Wilmot Proviso. 5 pp. ALS.

Introduction of Judge Wash. 1 p. ALS.

Presidential ambitions of Clay and Webster. 2 pp. ALS.

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Article signed "A thinking observer" [by Booth] which looks at the character and principles of the Whig Party and compares them to those of the Tory Party in England. 3 pp. ALS.

Gift of a horse, Rocky Mountain, to General Z. Taylor. 2 pp. ALS.

Reference to article by Breckenridge. 1 p. ALS

Reaction to Whig journalism. 2 pp. ALS.

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Railroad between the Mississippi River and the territories of Oregon and California; Davidson's arguments challenging the assumed "practicability and utility" of such a railroad; analysis of the territories' population, commerce, & agricultural production; proposeal of air travel as being a more practical link between sections of the country. 5 pp. ALS.

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Reference to address made by Rev. George A. Coffey on "social classes" before the Literary Societies of Dickinson College; Coffey's qualifications to be Chaplain of the House of Representatives. 2 pp. ALS.

Reaction of Mississippi and Georgia to the Wilmot Proviso; union of the Whigs and Democrats in Georgia over the Proviso; mention of the Missouri Compromise; belief in the South that the Confederacy can no longer yield power to Congress on the subject of slavery; mention of Henry Clay; warning to the North. 4 pp. ALS.

Circular addressed to diplomats in Central America; U.S. acquisition of the Island of Tigre; question of Honduras' right to cede Tigre to the U.S.; diplomatic and commercial problems that might arise from the U.S. occupation of Tigre, especially with England. 6 pp. ALS.