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Speech Of Hon. Howell Cobb, Of Ga., On The Resolutions Reported By The Select Committee To Investigate The Alleged Assault Upon Senator Sumner By Mr. Brooks: In The House Of Representatives, July 10, 1856., Howell Cobb Dec 1855

Speech Of Hon. Howell Cobb, Of Ga., On The Resolutions Reported By The Select Committee To Investigate The Alleged Assault Upon Senator Sumner By Mr. Brooks: In The House Of Representatives, July 10, 1856., Howell Cobb

Pamphlets

This pamphlet is a speech given by Hon. James M. Mason, of Virginia, on non-intervention: delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 6, 1852.

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Justice To The South: An Address, James Augustus Dorr Dec 1855

Justice To The South: An Address, James Augustus Dorr

Pamphlets

Cover title.

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May-Day Speech For Little Lelico, 1856 Dec 1855

May-Day Speech For Little Lelico, 1856

Darden Family Papers

This handwritten speech, titled May-day Speech for Little Lelico, 1856, poetically speaks of the joys and beauty of the spring month of May.

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The Democratic Demonstration At Poughkeepsie: Speech Of Hon. R.M.T. Hunter, Of Virginia., Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter Dec 1855

The Democratic Demonstration At Poughkeepsie: Speech Of Hon. R.M.T. Hunter, Of Virginia., Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter

Pamphlets

Caption title.

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James Buchanan: His Doctrines And Policy As Exhibited By Himself And Friends. Dec 1855

James Buchanan: His Doctrines And Policy As Exhibited By Himself And Friends.

Pamphlets

An anti-Buchanan document of the presidential campaign of 1856.

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The Real Issue--Union Or Disunion: Letter Of Hon. S.S. Marshall, On The Parties And Politics Of The Day To The Freemen Of The Ninth Congressional District Of Illinois., Samuel Scott Marshall Dec 1855

The Real Issue--Union Or Disunion: Letter Of Hon. S.S. Marshall, On The Parties And Politics Of The Day To The Freemen Of The Ninth Congressional District Of Illinois., Samuel Scott Marshall

Pamphlets

This pamphlet contains a letter of Hon. S.S. Marshall discussing the parties and politics of the day to the freemen of the Ninth congressional district of Illinois.

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The Illinois Central Rail-Road Company Offers For Sale Over 2,000,000 Acres, Selected Farming And Wood Lands ... : Situated On Each Side Of Their Rail-Road, Extending All The Way From The Extreme North To The South Of The State Of Illinois., Illinois Central Railroad Company. Dec 1855

The Illinois Central Rail-Road Company Offers For Sale Over 2,000,000 Acres, Selected Farming And Wood Lands ... : Situated On Each Side Of Their Rail-Road, Extending All The Way From The Extreme North To The South Of The State Of Illinois., Illinois Central Railroad Company.

Pamphlets

The booklet, which offers testimonials and statistics about farming in Illinois, is designed to sell land along the Illinois Central tracks. The land is offered ""in tracts of forty acres and upwards, to suit purchasers, on long credits, & at low rates of interest""--Cover. Another edition of 60 p., published simultaneously, has title: The Illinois central rail-road company offer for sale over 2,000,000 acres selected prairie, farm and wood lands ...

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Mr. Collamer's Report And Speech Against A New Constitution For Kansas, And In Favor Of The Free State Constitution., Jacob Collamer Dec 1855

Mr. Collamer's Report And Speech Against A New Constitution For Kansas, And In Favor Of The Free State Constitution., Jacob Collamer

Pamphlets

Mr. Collamer's report and speech against a New Constitution for Kansas, and in favor of the Free State Constitution, July 1, 1856.

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My Mary Ann: The Yankee Girls Song, M. Jyje Dec 1855

My Mary Ann: The Yankee Girls Song, M. Jyje

Sheet Music Collection

Illustration of woman surrounded by flowers

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Personal Notebook, Sophia Boyd Andrews Hays, 1856 Dec 1855

Personal Notebook, Sophia Boyd Andrews Hays, 1856

Hays Ray Webb Collection

This personal notebook, belonging to Sophia Boyd Andrews Hays, contains lists of her purchase account with her brother-in-law, Robert B. Webb and other merchants, recipes for cakes, cookies, and candy, and home remedies for illnesses and homemaking. A list of benevolent turns for 1857 is also listed near the back of the notebook.

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Bill From Weis & Eiseman, Weis & Eiseman Dec 1855

Bill From Weis & Eiseman, Weis & Eiseman

Darden Family Papers

Detailed bill of John P. Darden's 1956 purchases from Weis & Eiseman in Natchez, Mississippi.

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Bill From Dr. B. F. Fox, B. F. Fox Dec 1855

Bill From Dr. B. F. Fox, B. F. Fox

Darden Family Papers

Bill for John P. Darden's 1856 purchases from Dr. B. F. Fox in Fayette, Mississippi.

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Chicago Quick Step, Mrs. D. C. Payne Dec 1855

Chicago Quick Step, Mrs. D. C. Payne

Sheet Music Collection

Title only

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Kissing Through The Bars, Joseph Wood Jr. Dec 1855

Kissing Through The Bars, Joseph Wood Jr.

Sheet Music Collection

Guy and girl kissing through the bars of a gate

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H.H. Lenoir, Marion County, Mississippi, To Children Dec 1855

H.H. Lenoir, Marion County, Mississippi, To Children

Lenoir Family Plantation Records

Letter detailing the general health of the Lenoir family.

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H.H. Lenoir, Marion County, Mississippi, To Children Dec 1855

H.H. Lenoir, Marion County, Mississippi, To Children

Lenoir Family Plantation Records

Letter detailing a story about a slave named Amanda who was accued of trying to poison the Lenoir family.

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Document, Devisavit Vel Non, Correll Et Al. V. Mcdaniel Et Al., December 12, 1855 Dec 1855

Document, Devisavit Vel Non, Correll Et Al. V. Mcdaniel Et Al., December 12, 1855

Lincolniana Original Manuscript Collection

This legal document is a statement on the testimony of Dr. Randall in the Thomas Correll and others vs. James McDaniel case to invalidate a will and issue a devisavit vel non--a document that sets forth the questions of fact pertinent to the validity of an alleged will and is sent from a court of probate or chancery to a court of law for a jury trial for judgment as to the validity of the will. The statement provides a summary of Dr. Randall's testimony to his interactions with the deceased and the assistance he provided in writing the will …

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Document, Affidavit Of James Mcdaniel, Correll Et Al. V. Mcdaniel Et Al., December 12, 1855 Dec 1855

Document, Affidavit Of James Mcdaniel, Correll Et Al. V. Mcdaniel Et Al., December 12, 1855

Lincolniana Original Manuscript Collection

This legal document is and affidavit of James McDaniel, one of the defendants in the Correll et all vs McDaniel et al case to invalidate the McDaniel Will. The affidavit states that James believed his father of sound mind at the time the Will was written and is surprised to have heard Dr. Randall testify otherwise during the most recent trial.

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Document, Whitehurst Affidavit, Correll Et Al Vs. Mcdaniel Et Al, December 7, 1855 Dec 1855

Document, Whitehurst Affidavit, Correll Et Al Vs. Mcdaniel Et Al, December 7, 1855

Lincolniana Original Manuscript Collection

This legal document, subscribed and sworn on December 7, 1855, is the affidavit with a sworn statement by Willis Whitehurst, a juror for the McDaniel will validity case, concerning the testimony he observed of Dr. Randall during the trial. The affidavit is titled "Correll et al vs. McDaniel et al" and was filed December 12, 1855 by the Sangamon County Illinois clerk.

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Document, Carpenter Affidavit, Correll Et Al Vs. Mcdaniel Et Al, December 7, 1855 Dec 1855

Document, Carpenter Affidavit, Correll Et Al Vs. Mcdaniel Et Al, December 7, 1855

Lincolniana Original Manuscript Collection

This legal document, subscribed and sworn on December 7, 1855, is the affidavit with a sworn statement by William Carpenter, a juror for the McDaniel will validity case, concerning the testimony he observed of Dr. Randall during the trial. The affidavit is titled "Correll et al vs. McDaniel et al" and was filed December 12, 1855 by the Sangamon County Illinois clerk.

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Document, Bill Of Exceptions, Correll Et Al. V. Mcdaniel Et Al., December 12, 1855 Dec 1855

Document, Bill Of Exceptions, Correll Et Al. V. Mcdaniel Et Al., December 12, 1855

Lincolniana Original Manuscript Collection

This legal document, filed December 12, 1855 is a Bill of Exceptions (a formal written document in which a party objects to a judge's decision or relevant evidence at trial) detailing actions taken by both the defendants and complainants at trial, including the defendants' move for a new trial which was over-ruled. The letter is signed and sworn by David Dairs.

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Document, Valentine Affidavit, Correll Et Al Vs. Mcdaniel Et Al, December 12, 1855 Dec 1855

Document, Valentine Affidavit, Correll Et Al Vs. Mcdaniel Et Al, December 12, 1855

Lincolniana Original Manuscript Collection

This legal document, subscribed and sworn on December 7, 1855, is the affidavit with a sworn statement by Valentine Mallory, a juror for the McDaniel will validity case, concerning the testimony he observed of Dr. Randall during the trial. The affidavit is titled "Correll et al vs. McDaniel et al" and was filed December 12, 1855 by the Sangamon County Illinois clerk.

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Document, Bill Charging Abandonment And Adultery, Sebrina Hopkins V. Freeman Hopkins, November 1855 Nov 1855

Document, Bill Charging Abandonment And Adultery, Sebrina Hopkins V. Freeman Hopkins, November 1855

Lincolniana Original Manuscript Collection

This legal document, Sebrina Hopkins vs. Freeman Hopkins, is a bill charging Freeman Hopkins with "extreme and exhaustive cruelty" due to the abandonment of his wife, Sebrina Hopkins, and family after he sent them to Illinois from New York on the promise that he would join them but failed to do so and instead proceeded to leave them destitute while he committed adultery numerous times. Mrs. Hopkins was thus "compelled to labor hard to support the family" during the five or six years after Mr. Hopkins abandoned her and their children in Illinois. The bill, dated November 10, 1855, is …

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Letter, Sophia Boyd Andrews Hays To Matilda Ann "Lit" Boyd Webb, November 13, 1855, Sophia Boyd Andrews Hays Nov 1855

Letter, Sophia Boyd Andrews Hays To Matilda Ann "Lit" Boyd Webb, November 13, 1855, Sophia Boyd Andrews Hays

Hays Ray Webb Collection

In this handwritten letter, dated November 13, 1855, Sophia Boyd Andrews Hays writes to her sister, Matilda Ann "Lit" Boyd Webb to urge Lit to have Mr. Webb hurry his workmen to build a home for her near Lit. She goes on to ask after Lit's daughter, Evy, and updates her on her own son, Leon's growth. [Sophia's husband, J. Sidney Hays, died August 27, 1855, three months before this letter.]

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Letter, Tolbert Fanning To John P. Darden; 10/22/1855, Tolbert Fanning Oct 1855

Letter, Tolbert Fanning To John P. Darden; 10/22/1855, Tolbert Fanning

Darden Family Papers

Letter from Tolbert Fanning at Franklin College to John P. Darden about the progress of Thadeus Darden and Horatio Read.

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Letter, Fuley Jones In Oak Wood, Madison County, Mississippi To Buchannon Carroll And Company In New Orleans, Louisiana, September 12, 1855, Fuley Jones Sep 1855

Letter, Fuley Jones In Oak Wood, Madison County, Mississippi To Buchannon Carroll And Company In New Orleans, Louisiana, September 12, 1855, Fuley Jones

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This handwritten letter, written in script from Fuley Jones in Oak Wood, Madison County, Mississippi to Buchannon Carroll and Co., New Orleans discusses cotton sales and shipping and yellow fever in Canton.

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Document, Bill For Divorce, Elyena Ray Vs. Sanford Ray, Sep. 10, 1855 Sep 1855

Document, Bill For Divorce, Elyena Ray Vs. Sanford Ray, Sep. 10, 1855

Lincolniana Original Manuscript Collection

This legal document is a bill of divorce filed by Elyena Ray charging her husband, Sanford Ray, with abandonment that left her destitute. The bill further charges that she has discovered that he was already married to a woman in Missouri when he married Elyena and as such, renders their marriage null and void. The bill was filed in September 10, 1855 and presented during the March Term of the Circuit Court of Sangamon County Illinois.

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Letter, J. Sidney Hays To Robert B. Webb, August 8, 1855, J. Sidney Hays Aug 1855

Letter, J. Sidney Hays To Robert B. Webb, August 8, 1855, J. Sidney Hays

Hays Ray Webb Collection

In this handwritten letter, dated August 8, 1855, J. Sidney Hays writes to his brother-in-law, Robert B. Webb to inquire as to why he has not heard from him in a while and to congratulate Webb on the birth of his daughter. He goes on to update him on the churches where he is preaching and his plans to leave New Orleans in the fall. He also updates him on the status of yellow fever in New Orleans.

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Letter, Sophia Boyd Andrews Hays To Mattie A. Boyd, August 6, 1855, Sophia Boyd Andrews Hays Aug 1855

Letter, Sophia Boyd Andrews Hays To Mattie A. Boyd, August 6, 1855, Sophia Boyd Andrews Hays

Hays Ray Webb Collection

In this handwritten letter, dated August 6, 1855, Sophia Boyd Andrews Hays writes to her cousin, Mattie A. Boyd to apologize for not having written sooner and to let her know that she has changed hotels since she last wrote to her sister, Lit. She describes the new hotel as being more elegant than the previous one with a better view and access to the beach. She goes on to ask Mat to work on her writing in hopes that the practice will improve her writing and return it to the quality of times past.

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Document, Charles W. Challeston Vs. Mons. J. Fabassth Et Al., July 24, 1855 Jul 1855

Document, Charles W. Challeston Vs. Mons. J. Fabassth Et Al., July 24, 1855

Lincolniana Original Manuscript Collection

This legal document concerns a judgment against Mons. J. Fabassth on behalf of Charles W. Challeston. The document was filed on July 24, 1855 by the Sangamon County Illinois clerk.

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