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Thomas C. Hambly writes James Hamilton Jr. to express his opposition to a proposed railroad "running... from the River Susquehanna to [York] by any route above the Codoms creek." Transcript included.
Location: I-ValeM-1947-28
Subject: Science and Technology, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
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Letter from Thomas Hambly to James Hamilton
Representative James Buchanan writes to Hugh Hamilton and regarding Hamilton's mistake in publishing Buchanan's letters in the New York Inquirer. Even though Hamilton "transposed the order of time in which they were written and omitted...
Location: MC 1998.10, B1, F11
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
View Item: Letter from James Buchanan to Hugh Hamilton
Diplomat Richard Rush writes to Colonel Thomas Aspinwall, American consul in London, requesting that he assist an American citizen holding property in London's Covent Garden neighborhood.
Location: I-Friends-1976-8
Subject: Land and Real Estate, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
View Item: Letter from Richard Rush to Thomas Aspinwall
Acting Secretary of War Roger Brooke Taney (Class of 1795) writes to Robert Oliver saying that Michigan Territory Governor Lewis Cass, General Alexander Macomb, and "some others" will visit Baltimore over the weekend. Taney also confirms a dinner...
Location: I-AlbertS-1978-1
Subject: Politics and Government, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
View Item: Letter from Roger B. Taney to Robert Oliver
United States Attorney General Roger Brooke Taney writes regarding the outcome of a dispute between the Bellona Gunpowder Company and the Susquehanna Railroad Company. Transcript Included.
Location: I-AsbellY-2004-8
Subject: Business and Industry, Legal Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
United States Attorney General Roger B. Taney writes to John Stuart Skinner and apologies for a recent error regarding a nomination.
Location: I-SpahrB-1950-7
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
View Item: Letter from Roger B. Taney to John Skinner
John Reynolds writes to James Buchanan, the United States Minister to Russia, regarding various business matters that he will address while Buchanan is out of the country. "I fear you have had a rough and tedious passage and suffered from sea...
Location: MC 1998.10, B4, F21
Subject: Business and Industry, Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
View Item: Letter from John Reynolds to James Buchanan
James Buchanan writes to James Humes regarding the "unpleasant circumstances attending my departure" from the United States, Pennsylvania Governor George Wolf's re-election, and increasing sectional tensions. Buchanan also describes his...
Location: MC 1998.10, B1, F12
Subject: International Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Travel and Tourism, Weather and Climate
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
View Item: Letter from James Buchanan to James Humes
Attorney General Roger Brooke Taney writes to the Secretary of the Navy [Levi Woodbury] regarding "an act to extend the pension heretofore granted to the widows of persons killed or who died in the naval service."
Location: I-SpahrB-1960-2
Subject: Economics and Finance, Legal Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
View Item: Letter from Roger B. Taney to Levi Woodbury
Captain Jesse D. Elliot writes to Dickinson College trustee Isaac B. Parker regarding Elliot's belief that he expects to command the military expedition against South Carolina in the nullification crisis. Elliot also mentions the 1832...
Location: I-SpahrB-1950-4
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
View Item: Letter from Jesse Elliot to Isaac Parker
United States Attorney General Roger Brooke Taney writes to an unknown recipient, possibly a colleague, and analyzing the case against Mrs. Davison regarding a bond and debt. Taney predicts the Court of Appeals will follow the ruling of "2 Har....
Location: I-SpahrB-1965-17
Subject: Economics and Finance, Health and Medicine, Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
United States Attorney General Roger Brooke Taney writes to the members of an unspecified society, informing them that he will be unable to attend the funeral of Charles Caroll III. Caroll, a signatory of the Declaration of Independence, died a...
Location: I-AsbellY-2004-8
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
James Buchanan, the Minister to Russia, writes J. Randolph Clay with complaints about the cost of sending mail from the United States to Russia and offers diplomatic advice. Transcript included.
Location: MC 1998.10, B1, F13
Subject: International Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
John P. Durbin writes to C. A. Walborn regarding the return of a speech by Mr. Corwin "in pamphlet form" as well as congratulating Walborn on his new house. Durbin also discusses plans for an upcoming trip from Baltimore to Harrisburg.
Location: I-SpahrB-1966-3
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
View Item: Letter from John Durbin to C. Walborn
United States Attorney General Roger Brooke Taney responds to a request to write a letter on behalf of a friend applying for a divorce. "When I was a member of the Senate," Taney writes, "I voted against all the applications for divorces...not...
Location: I-AsbellY-2004-8
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
James Buchanan, the United States Minister to Russia, asks Nathaniel Niles to send "my private letters immediately by Mail." Buchanan also provides an update on the Mission of General Mouravieff to the Pasha of Egypt. Transcript included.
Location: MC 1998.10, B1, F13
Subject: International Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
United States Attorney General Roger Brooke Taney warns that "I may be detained here [at the Supreme Court] until half past 2... I will be at home the moment I can get away from the Court."
Location: I-SpahrB-1950-8
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
John P. Durbin writes to Johnston Armstrong about the title on a property in Cincinnati, Ohio, as well as plans an upcoming trip to Europe. "As it regards my [trip] to Europe," Durbin explains that he "shall not be able to go before next spring...
Location: I-SpahrB-1970-4
Subject: Health and Medicine, Land and Real Estate, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
United States Attorney General Roger Brooke Taney writes a short letter to an unspecified person: "I will attend at the State Department for the purpose of examining witnesses according to your request." Transcript included.
Location: I-AsbellY-2004-8
Subject: Legal Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
United States Attorney General Roger Brooke Taney writes to an unknown recipient regarding a ruling in a recent legal case. "But there is no mode of proceeding in which their judgment can be revised" and, as Taney explains, "the Secretary of the...
Location: I-SpahrB-1955-2
Subject: Legal Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
View Item: Letter from Roger B. Taney
Hiester Henry Muhlenberg's travel journal, which he titles "Of a Tour in Search of Pleasure & Health," includes almost daily entries between July 31 - September 28, 1833. Muhlenberg ('29) takes this on this trip after he graduates from the...
Location: I-Friends-2013-1
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism
Format: Diaries and Journals
Time Period: 1820-1839
United States Attorney General Roger Brooke Taney writes a confidential letter to William Beall, asking for help defending his character. "Today a friend has sent me the Frederick Herald," Taney explains, "and I perceive that articles in...
Location: I-AsbellY-2004-8
Subject: Economics and Finance, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
View Item: Letter from Roger B. Taney to William Beall
Treasury Secretary Roger Brooke Taney writes to the New Haven Collector of Customs, William H. Ellis, and approves the request to purchase a "Revenue Boat." Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-32
Subject: Economics and Finance, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
View Item: Letter from Roger B. Taney to William Ellis
Treasury Secretary Roger Brooke Taney writes to the New Haven Collector of Customs, William H. Ellis, and requests a summary of the amount of duties accrued in the third and fourth quarter of the year. Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-32
Subject: Economics and Finance, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
View Item: Letter from Roger B. Taney to William Ellis
Richard Rush writes to lawyer A. Dickens asking for an overview of the "West India trade question," regarding the amount and price of American and British tonnage over the preceding year. Rush then mentions his failed attempts to visit Dickens'...
Location: I-AsbellY-2004-1
Subject: Business and Industry, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
View Item: Letter from Richard Rush to A. Dickens