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Box 11

 Container

Contains 55 Results:

Wilson McCandless, Pittsburgh, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, 1850 November 4

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 714
Identifier: id113332
Scope and Contents

Eulogy on General Jackson; meeting soon with Ritchie. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1850 November 4

R. P. Waller, Richmond, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, D.C., 1850 November 4

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 715
Identifier: id113820
Scope and Contents

Subscription to the Union; expression of confidence in Ritchie; the slavery issue; hope that Congress will act justly on Ritchie's relief claim during its next session. Includes a note by Ritchie. 3 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1850 November 4

Andrew Stevenson, Blenheim, to [Thomas Ritchie?], 1850 [November?] 6

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 717
Identifier: id113822
Scope and Contents

His retirement, Nashville Convention, Wilmot Proviso. [Handwriting difficult]. 6 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1850 [November?] 6

John P. Andres, Salem, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, D.C., 1850 December

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 718
Identifier: id113823
Scope and Contents

Law in Massachusetts concerning the marriage of whites and negroes; passage of the fugitive slave bill; mention of Webster, Horace Mann, and Orin P. Fowler; Andrews' preference of love over violence to settle the slavery conroversy; proposal for eventual emancipation. 3 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1850 December