Congress, Law, and Politics Items List

6 items available

1. Illustrated letter, Amasa J. Parker to Harriet Parker describing the boardinghouse where he and two future presidents resided, 31 December 1837 (Amasa J. Parker Papers).

2. John C. Calhoun's speech to the United States Senate against the Compromise of 1850, 4 March 1850 (John C. Calhoun Papers).

3. Daniel Webster's notes for his speech to the United States Senate favoring the Compromise of 1850, 7 March 1850 (Daniel Webster Papers).

4. Letter, Philip Avery Stone to John Sharp Williams requesting support for William Faulkner's appointment as postmaster at the University of Mississippi, 1 May 1922 (John Sharp Williams Papers).

5. Letter, John F. Kennedy to Clare Boothe Luce thanking the congresswoman for a good luck coin, 29 September [1942] (Clare Boothe Luce Papers).

6. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's "Old Soldiers Never Die" address to Congress, 19 April 1951 (Douglas MacArthur Collection).

10 items available

1. Petition for bail from accused witches, ca. 1692 (John Davis Batchelder Autograph Collection).

2. Subpoena served on Thomas Jefferson to testify at Aaron Burr's trial for treason, 13 June 1807 (Aaron Burr Papers).

3. Letter, Thomas Jefferson to William Plumer regarding the Dartmouth College case, 21 July 1816 (Thomas Jefferson Papers).

4. Letter, Roger Brooke Taney to Caleb Cushing thanking Cushing for his support of Taney's decision in the Dred Scott case, 9 November 1857 (Caleb Cushing Papers).

5. Letter, Billy Gobitas to Minersville, Pennsylvania, school directors, explaining why the young Jehovah's Witness refused to salute the American flag, 5 November 1935 (William Gobitas Papers).

6. Letter, Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter White detailing the First Lady's lobbying efforts for federal action against lynchings, 19 March 1936 (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records).

7. Memorandum, "Saving the Race," Thurgood Marshall to the NAACP legal staff concerning voting rights cases in Texas, 17 November 1941 (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records).

8. Notes, William O. Douglas to Earl Warren, 11 May 1954; Harold H. Burton to Warren, 17 May 1954; and Felix Frankfurter to Warren, 17 May 1954, concerning Chief Justice Warren's decision in Brown v. Board of Education (Earl Warren Papers).

9. Felix Frankfurter's draft decree to enforce the Brown v. Board of Education decision, [8 April 1955] (Felix Frankfurter Papers).

10. Note, Jack Ruby to attorney Elmer Gertz revealing the assassin's despair and paranoia, 9 September 1965 (Elmer Gertz Papers).

11 items available

1. Alexander Hamilton's notes for a speech proposing a plan of government at the Federal Convention, [18 June 1787] (Alexander Hamilton Papers).

2. Letter, James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, partially written in cipher with translation by Jefferson, 23 May 1789 (James Madison Papers).

3. Henry Clay's appointment as secretary of state, 7 March 1825 (Henry Clay Papers).

4. Letter, Andrew Jackson to Martin Van Buren discussing the nullification crisis, 13 January 1833 (Martin Van Buren Papers).

5. Illustrated letter, Amasa J. Parker to Harriet Parker describing the boardinghouse where he and two future presidents resided, 31 December 1837 (Amasa J. Parker Papers).

6. Retained copy of letter, James K. Polk to the Committee of the Democratic National Convention accepting the Democratic presidential nomination, [12 June 1844] (James K. Polk Papers).

7. John C. Calhoun's speech to the United States Senate against the Compromise of 1850, 4 March 1850 (John C. Calhoun Papers).

8. Daniel Webster's notes for his speech to the United States Senate favoring the Compromise of 1850, 7 March 1850 (Daniel Webster Papers).

9. Letter, Elizabeth Blackwell to Baroness Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron concerning women's rights and the education of women physicians, 4 March 1851 (Blackwell Family Papers).

10. Examiner's questions for admittance to the American (or Know Nothing) Party, July 1854 (American Party Collection).

11. Letter, Susan B. Anthony to Adelaide Johnson discussing women ministers and Johnson's sculpture memorializing prominent suffragists, 8 February 1896 (Susan B. Anthony Papers).

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