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Thumbnail: Letter to Mary N. Collamer, July 8, 1848

Title:  Letter to Mary N. Collamer, July 8, 1848

Resource type:   letter 

Creator:  Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865

Letter to wife. Topics include question of slavery being admitted into newly acquired territories; presidential speeches in the House.


Thumbnail: Letter to Mary N. Collamer, March 2, 1862

Title:  Letter to Mary N. Collamer, March 2, 1862

Resource type:   letter 

Creator:  Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865

Letter to wife. Topics include Civil War; slaves and slavery; health of Vermont troops.


Thumbnail: The extinction of slavery : speech of Hon. F. E. Woodbridge, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, January 12, 1865, upon the motion to reconsider the vote by which the House, on the 15th of June last, rejected a joint resolution (S. no. 16)

Title:  The extinction of slavery : speech of Hon. F. E. Woodbridge, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, January 12, 1865, upon the motion to reconsider the vote by which the House, on the 15th of June last, rejected a joint resolution (S. no. 16)

Resource type:   speech 

Creator:  Woodbridge, Frederick Enoch, 1819-1888.


Thumbnail: Modern democracy : the extension of slavery in our own territory or by the acquisition of foreign territory wrong morally, politically, and economically / speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont.

Title:  Modern democracy : the extension of slavery in our own territory or by the acquisition of foreign territory wrong morally, politically, and economically / speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont.

Resource type:   speech 

Creator:  Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.


Thumbnail: Slavery in the territories : Speech of Hon. Lucius B. Peck, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, April 23, 1850, in committee of the whole on the state of the Union, on the President's message transmitting the constitution of California.

Title:  Slavery in the territories : Speech of Hon. Lucius B. Peck, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, April 23, 1850, in committee of the whole on the state of the Union, on the President's message transmitting the constitution of California.

Resource type:   speech 

Creator:  Peck, Lucius Benedict, 1802-1866.


Thumbnail: Remarks of Mr. Prentiss, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, March 1, 1836, on the question of reception of a petition from the Society of Friends, praying for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.

Title:  Remarks of Mr. Prentiss, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, March 1, 1836, on the question of reception of a petition from the Society of Friends, praying for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.

Resource type:   speech 

Creator:  Prentiss, Samuel, 1782-1857.


Thumbnail: Speech of Hon. J. Collamer, of Vermont : in the United States Senate, April 24, 1862, on the bill to confiscate the property and free the slaves of rebels.

Title:  Speech of Hon. J. Collamer, of Vermont : in the United States Senate, April 24, 1862, on the bill to confiscate the property and free the slaves of rebels.

Resource type:   speech 

Creator:  Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865.


Thumbnail: The compromise bill : speech of Hon. W. Upham, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, July 26, 1848, on the bill reported from the Select Committee to establish Territorial Governments in Oregon, New Mexico, and California.

Title:  The compromise bill : speech of Hon. W. Upham, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, July 26, 1848, on the bill reported from the Select Committee to establish Territorial Governments in Oregon, New Mexico, and California.

Resource type:   speech 

Creator:  Upham, William, 1792-1853.


Thumbnail: Remarks of George P. Marsh, of Vermont, on slavery in the territories of New Mexico, California and Oregon : delivered in the House of representatives, August 3d, 1848.

Title:  Remarks of George P. Marsh, of Vermont, on slavery in the territories of New Mexico, California and Oregon : delivered in the House of representatives, August 3d, 1848.

Resource type:   speech 

Creator:  Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882.


Thumbnail: Speech of the Hon. Samuel Prentiss, of Vermont, upon the question of reception of the Vermont resolutions, on the subject of the admission of Texas, the domestic slave trade, and slavery in the District of Columbia.

Title:  Speech of the Hon. Samuel Prentiss, of Vermont, upon the question of reception of the Vermont resolutions, on the subject of the admission of Texas, the domestic slave trade, and slavery in the District of Columbia.

Resource type:   speech 

Creator:  Prentiss, Samuel, 1782-1857


Thumbnail: Letter to Doctor Eli Todd, January 30, 1820

Title:  Letter to Doctor Eli Todd, January 30, 1820

Resource type:   text  letter 

Creator:  Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853

Letter to brother-in-law. Topics include Federal deficit; debate over Missouri.


Thumbnail: Letter to Samuel P. Crafts, February 2, 1820

Title:  Letter to Samuel P. Crafts, February 2, 1820

Resource type:   text  letter  map 

Creator:  Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853

Letter to son. Topics include Missouri and slavery; includes a sketch by Crafts of Missouri and surrounding area.


Thumbnail: Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, February 20, 1820

Title:  Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, February 20, 1820

Resource type:   text  letter 

Creator:  Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853

Letter to wife. Topics include speeches in the House about Missouri.


Thumbnail: Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, March 12, 1820

Title:  Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, March 12, 1820

Resource type:   text  letter 

Creator:  Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853

Letter to wife. Topics include Missouri and slavery; Federal deficit and Government spending; Representative Henry W. Edwards (CT) and the Connecticut delegation; Representative Timothy Pitkin (CT); Representative Samuel B. Sherwood (CT)


Thumbnail: Letter to Samuel P. Crafts, November 19, 1820

Title:  Letter to Samuel P. Crafts, November 19, 1820

Resource type:   text  letter 

Creator:  Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853

Letter to son. Topics include traveling to Washington; election of a Speaker of the House to replace Representative Henry Clay (KY) held up by split between northern and southern Representatives on slavery question; constitution of Missouri and slavery


Thumbnail: Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, November 19, 1820

Title:  Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, November 19, 1820

Resource type:   text  letter 

Creator:  Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853

Letter to wife. Topics include travel; boarding houses; Senator William Palmer (VT), Representative Charles Rich (VT), Judge Livermore (NH), Mr. Phelps & Mr. Stevens of Connecticut; election of Speaker of the House; constitution of Missouri & slavery.


Thumbnail: Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, December 3, 1820

Title:  Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, December 3, 1820

Resource type:   text  letter 

Creator:  Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853

Letter to wife. Topics include unknown state of the Treasury; question of Missouri's acceptance into the United States.


Thumbnail: Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, December 10, 1820

Title:  Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, December 10, 1820

Resource type:   text  letter 

Creator:  Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853

Letter to wife. Topics include question of Missouri's acceptance into the United States by Congress and split between Northern and Southern members; federal deficit and consideration of reduction of pay for government employees; social life; invitation to dine at President James Monroe's.


Thumbnail: Letter to Dr. Eli Todd, January 28, 1821

Title:  Letter to Dr. Eli Todd, January 28, 1821

Resource type:   text  letter 

Creator:  Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853

Letter to brother-in-law. Topics include health of members of Congress; health of son Samuel P. Crafts; Representative Henry Clay to introduce a Senate resolution on the admission of Missouri to the United States; Florida treaty and Spain.


Thumbnail: Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, February 12, 1821

Title:  Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, February 12, 1821

Resource type:   text  letter 

Creator:  Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853

Letter to wife. Topics include health of son Samuel P. Crafts; health of members of Congress; votes on admitting Missouri to the United States with slaves failed by three and six votes on successive days.


Thumbnail: Letter to Samuel P. Crafts, January 4, 1824

Title:  Letter to Samuel P. Crafts, January 4, 1824

Resource type:   text  letter 

Creator:  Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853

Letter to son. Topics include upcoming presidential election and potential candidates John Calhoun, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, and William Crawford; divide in electoral politics on question of slavery particularly in Pennsylvania and New York; question of a Congressional caucus on the election debated; health of members of Congress; Greek War of Independence.


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