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Through The Eyes Of The Enemy: Why Henry Clay Lost The Presidential Election Of 1844 Through The Lens Of The Daily Argus Of Portland, Maine, Laura Ellyn Smith

Maine History

The presidential election of 1844 was a critical turning point in the antebellum era. At stake was the controversial issue of Texas annexation, supported by the pro-expansionist Democrat James K. Polk and questioned by Whig Henry Clay. While historians generally accept the significance of the Texas issue, there is a lack of consensus over the importance of the anti-slavery Liberty Party in determining Clay’s narrow loss. Additionally, there is an absence of detailed research on Maine as a Democratic state within traditionally Whig New England. The Daily Argus, as a Democratic newspaper that represented Portland—the most populous part of Maine—provides …

A Letter From Joshua Cushman, Matthew Mason

Maine History

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Letter From Delphina E. Mendenhall To John L. Ham, February 1, 1879, Delphina E. Mendenhall

Paul W. Bean Civil War Papers

Letter from Delphina E. Mendenhall to John L. Ham, February 1, 1879. Delphina wrote to John Ham as an attempt to rekindle an old friendship made during the bitterest months of the war when he was released with a few other prisoners from the Salisbury, North Carolina prison camp around the time General Sherman made his march through there.Due to the state of affairs both before and during the war she and her husband were one of the few slave owners that attempted to emancipate their slaves before the war, and she mentioned that of those former slaves several went …

Speech Of Hon. Lot M. Morrill Of Maine In The Senate Of The United States, February 5, 1868, Lot M. Morrill

Maine History Documents

A speech on the topic of Reconstruction by the Honorable Lot M. Merrill of Maine in the Senate of the United States, February 5, 1868.

Bangor Daily Union Report Of The Grand Union Meeting In Norombega Hall, Bangor, Bangor Daily Union

Maine History Documents

A printing of several speeches and letters shared as part of events at Norombega Hall in Bangor, Maine, following John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry in Virginia. The cover page reads: A Sacred Maintenance of the Common Bond. Bangor Daily Union Report of the Grand Union Meeting in Norombega Hall, Bangor, Wednesday Evening, January 11, 1860; containing the Speeches of Judge Hathaway and Hon. George Evans, and the letters from Ex-President Pierce, Hon. Edward Everett, Hon. Caleb Cushing, Ex-Governor Wells, Hon. M. H. Smith, Hon. James W. Bradbury. The Call and Signatures, Officers of the Meeting, Prayer of Dr. Tefft, …

Speech Of Hon. I Washburn, Jr. Of Maine, On The Bill To Organize Territorial Governments In Nebraska And Kansas, And Against The Abrogation Of The Missouri Compromise, Israel Washburn Jr.

Maine Bicentennial

In the last half of the nineteenth century we find a proposition in the Congress of the Republic to extend the area of slavery. This is the object and purpose of certain provisions in the bill for the organization of the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas. These provisions remove the restrictions impored by the Missouri compromise. The Badger amendment, and the opinions which it has elicited, I pass by as of no practical importance or interest. It is enough to secure any opposition that the bill, with or without that amendment, exposes all our unorganized territory to the occupation of …

Spc Ms 1688 Sc, Bill Of Lading For Ninety-Three Slaves, Joseph S. Donovan

19th Century Maine

Bill of lading dated Oct. 24, 1850 for shipment of ninety-three slaves from Baltimore to New Orleans on the ship John C. Calhoun, master Captain John C. Lowell. The slaves were to be delivered to J.M. Wilson in New Orleans. Document lists names of slaves, their ages and their price.

PDF provides scans of the original document (a printed form completed in handwriting) and a transcript prepared by Special Collections in 2021.

Part of the Francis O'Brien Collection purchased in 1968.

Speech Of Mr. Severance, Of Maine, On The Right Of Petition, Luther Severeance

Maine Bicentennial

Luther Severance (1797-1855) was a printer, politician, and diplomat. He established the Kennebec Journal in Augusta, Maine in 1825 and served in both the Maine House of Representatives and State Senate. A prominent member of the Whig party, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives serving during the 28th and 29th sessions of Congress (March 4, 1843–March 3, 1847).

Rep. Luther Severance response to efforts Rep. Edward Black of Georgia and Rep. George C. Dromgoole of Virginia to amend the rules of the U.S. House of Representatives to prohibit discussion on the floor of any proposal of measures …

The Missouri Compromise: Or, The Extension Of The Slave Power, James Appleton

Maine Bicentennial

Slavery exerted no slight influence over the public mind at the period when the Federal Constitution was framed; but it has continually increased in power, and become more and more malignant, from that time until the present. In proof of this, I might advert to many of the leading measures of the National Government, and to much of the history of our country, since the adoption of the Constitution; but I choose to illustrate this position, by referring to the prevailing opinion of those who framed the Constitution, and to a single subsequent act of the Government, viz., “The Missouri …

The Martyr Of Freedom: A Discourse Delivered At East Machias, November 30, And At Machias, December 7, 1837, Thomas T. Stone

Maine History Documents

Concerning the murder of Presbyterian minister, journalist, newspaper editor, and abolitionist Elijah P. Lovejoy at Alton, Illinois, November 7, 1837.

Slavery Inconsistent With Justice And Good Policy, David Rice

Maine History Documents

Full title: Slavery inconsistent with justice and good policy : proved by a speech, delivered in the convention, held at Danville, Kentucky / by the Rev. David Rice. Printed at Augusta, by Peter Edes, 1804. Text followed by a note: This work is re-printed at the request of many person, some of whom belong to the Society of Friends, to whom it is now dedicated. It may, with their assistance, tend to aid the views of our Legislature in abolishing the representation of slaves, and eventually of the existence of slavery in this country.