Box 11
Contains 55 Results:
J. Hamilton, Philadelphia, to Thomas Ritchie., 1850 June 6
Posibility that the Governor of South Carolina might appoint Hamilton to fill a vacancy in the Senate; compromise over the slavery question; mention of Henry Clay. 2 pp. ALS.
Jacob Smith, Georgetown, Ga., to Thomas Ritchie, 1850 June 7
Scope and Contents
Unity of the Democratic Party; relations between Northern & Southern Democrats; mention of the Missouri Compromise; belief disunion will result if the South is forced to accept the Compromise of 1850; convention at Nashville; consideration given the Omnibus Bill; "sacrifice of political and social rights of the south"; Smith's questioning of Ritchie's leadership in the Democratic ranks. 4 pp. ALS.
[?], Virginia, to Thomas Ritchie, 1850 June 14
Extension of slavery in the territories. 8 pp. incomplete. AL.
Edmund Dillaluinty[?], C.J. Dickerson, S.W. Mitchell, & G. Gantt, Columbia, Ten[nessee], to Henry Clay, U.S. Senate, 1850 June 14
Scope and Contents
Appointment of a bipartisan committee to discuss "questions of slavery and the best means of settling it"; desire to have the Union preserved; advocacy of compromise; praise of the work done by Clay. 2 pp. ALSs.
I. W. Morrow, Jefferson City, Missouri, to Henry Clay, U.S. Senate., 1850 June 15
Scope and Contents
The Compromise Bill as the salvation of the Union; "eccentric course" of Thomas H. Benton; opposition to the compromise. 4 pp. ALS.
Elyah F. Nuttal, New Castle, to Henry Clay, Washington City, D.C., 1850 June 18
Support for Clay's compromise measures; why the North and South should accept the compromise; an appeal to patriotism. 2 pp. ALS.
Daniel B. White, Marcillus, [New York], to Thomas Rtichic[i]e, 1850 July 3
His letter to Hon. John K Miller giving his views about the National Bank, tariff, all the "isms' of Europe, slavery, the Nashville Convention, the Wilmot Proviso, etc. 4 pp. ALS.
Fred[erick] P[erry] Stanton, House of Repr[esentatives], to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, 1850 July 10
Promotion of Ritchie's interests in reference to the Congressional printing contract. 1 p. ALS.
Anne C. McGibbon per Thomas Ronaldson, Chillicothe, [Ohio], to James[sic] Ritchie [i.e., Thomas Ritchie], Washington, 1850 July 16
Scope and Contents
Information requested about "a man by name John Tench or Tanch". 2 pp. AL.
Political Poetry, 1850 July 16
1 p. Ms. Poem.
W. Anderson, Ann Arbor, Mich., to Thomas Ritchie, 1850 July 25
Vote on the Compromise of 1850; desire to have the slavery question settles; comparison of abolitionists' fanaticism to that of the crusade against witches. 2 pp. ALS.
Daniel B. White, Marcillus, [New York], to Thomas Ritchie, Washington City, D.C., 1850 July 28
Scope and Contents
"Formation of slave states bordering on Mexico"; annexation of Texas; mention of William R. King; colonization movement; eradication of slavery; "working slaves in the mines". 3 pp. ALS.
N.S Hutchins, Lawrenseville, to Thomas Ri[t]chie, Washington, 1850 August 12
Cancellation of Hutchin's subscription to the Union; "aggression by the Northern section on the Doomed South; compromise over slavery and the 36-30 division of territory; mention of Henry Clay, Thomas H. Benton, and Henry S. Foote; political feelings in Georgia. 2 pp. ALS.
James Neal Swanzy[?], Triune, Tenn., to Thomas Ri[t]chie, 1850 August 20
Scope and Contents
Details of what Swanzy[?] consider to be a "grand scheme to invade, subdue & plunder the South"; belief that "the South, in a civil war, can whip the North"; denunciation of the Compromise of 1850; mention of Clay, Webster, Foote and Benton as "demigogues"; admission of Texas and California to the Union; "coalition, between Clay & the federal party, to proscribe the entire democracy". 3 pp. ALS.
George Prince, Thomaston, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, D.C., 1850 August 24
Death of Jona. Cilley; correspondence between H.A. Wise and Henry Clay. 1 p. ALS.
Thomas Williams, Washington, to Thomas Ritchie, 1850 August 26
Scope and Contents
Acquisition of bronze guns "to be cast into an equestrian statue of Gen. Jackson"; mention of Major General Scott, former Secretary of War, and Major Mordecai, commander at the Washington arsenal. 2 pp. ALS.
A.H. Riley, Talbot Co., G[eorgi]a, to Thomas Ritchie, 1850 September 5
Slavery as a cause of disunion; disapproval of the Union's position on the slavery question; California bill & the predicted effect of its passages on Georgia; feeling that Southerners are not fairly represented in the government and the Congress. 3 pp. ALS.
B.m. McHenry, Shelby Springs, to Thomas Ritchie, 1850 September 15
Scope and Contents
Subscription to the Union; compromise measures to settle the slavery question; strict adherance to the Constitution; defeat of the Democratic Party in Missouri; "traitorous" actions of Benton in Missouri; mention of James K. Polk. 2 pp. ALS.
Daniel Chandler, Mobile, Alabama, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington City., 1850 September 17
Scope and Contents
Displeasure expressed over the compromise bills; Wilmot Proviso; slavery in the territories; "inevitability" of "resistance or unconditional submission" on the part of the South; effect of the compromise measures on the Democratic party in the South; mention of the Nashville Convention; status of the Whig Party in the South. 6 pp. ALS.
[Rev.] William McLain, Wash[ingto]n, to Thomas Ritchie, Wash[ingto]n, 1850 October 4
Scope and Contents
Purchase of Gallinas for recolonization of slaves presently living in Ohio. Enclosed is a broadside, August 23, 1850, "Ohio in Africa" by David Christy, an agent for the American Colonization Society for Ohio. 3 pp. ALS & Broadside.
Charles Carter, Philadelphia, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, D.C., 1850 October 12
Delay in sending proofs to the Patent Office because of a printers' strike; mention of Jenny Lind; family news. 3 pp. AlS
J. Baker, Columbia, Ark[ansa]s, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, D.C., 1850 October 20
Subscription to the Union; Ritchie's retirement from the paper; sectional differences. Includes pencilled note by Ritchie. 3 pp. ALS.
H. T. Tucker, Ripley, to Thomas Richy [i.e., Ritchie], Washington City, D.C., 1850 October 29
Subscription to the Union; support of Ritchie and his expressed position on the political events; reaction in Mississippi to sectional compromises over slavery; dissolution of the country. Note by Ritchie included. 2 pp. ALS.
A Henderson, Salisbury, N[orth] C[arolina], to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, D.C., 1850 November 1
Subscription to the Union; Southerners' reaction to Ritchie's support of compromise measures over slavery. Pencilled note by Ritchie included. 3 pp. ALS.
John Robertson, Richmond, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington City., 1850 November 4
Request for the return of an article written by Robertson dealing with the colonization of negroes in California. 2 pp. ALS.