10/16/1854
Abraham Lincoln, Speech at Peoria, Illinois, October 16, 1854
03/04/1855
David Davis to Julius Rockwell, March 4, 1855
05/15/1855
New York Herald, “The Kansas Question and the Anti-Slavery Disorganizers,” May 15, 1855
08/24/1855
Abraham Lincoln to Joshua Fry Speed, August 24, 1855
12/03/1855
Louisville (KY) Journal, "Exciting News from Kansas," December 3, 1855
12/15/1855
Charleston (SC) Mercury, "Affairs in Kansas," December 15, 1855
01/01/1857
Washington (DC) National Era, "The Future Judged by the Past," January 1, 1857
01/03/1857
New York Times, "Kansas Affairs," January 3, 1857
01/09/1857
New York Times, “Message of Gov. Hamlin, of Maine,” January 9, 1857
01/22/1857
New York Times, "Views of Senator Cameron on Public Affairs," January 22, 1857
01/27/1857
New York Times, "Kansas Affairs," January 27, 1857
02/09/1857
New York Times, “Affairs in Kansas,” February 9, 1857
02/12/1857
Washington (DC) National Era, “Affairs in Kansas,” February 12, 1857
02/13/1857
New York Times, “The Question of Emancipation in Missouri,” February 14, 1857
02/14/1857
New York Times, "The Joint Committee to Notify the President and Vice-President Elect," February 14, 1857
02/25/1857
New York Times, “Kansas and the South,” February 25, 1857
02/27/1857
New York Times, “Important from Kansas,” February 27, 1857
03/02/1857
New York Times, “News from Kansas,” March 2, 1857
03/03/1857
New York Times, "The American Party," March 3, 1857
03/05/1857
Washington (DC) National Era, “Affairs in Kansas,” March 5, 1857
03/11/1857
New York Herald, “Practical Effect of the Dred Scott Judgment,” March 11, 1857
03/16/1857
New York Times, “Massachusetts Legislature,” March 16, 1857
03/17/1857
New York Times, “Corruption in Congress,” March 17, 1857
03/17/1857
Charleston (SC) Mercury, "The Agitation of the Slavery Question," March 17, 1857
03/19/1857
Carlisle (PA) American Democrat, "Resignation of Gov. Geary," March 19, 1857
03/20/1857
New York Times, “A Few Words About Kansas,” March 20, 1857
03/21/1857
New York Times, “Farewell Address of Governor Geary,” March 21, 1857
03/24/1857
New York Times, “News from Kansas,” March 24, 1857
03/28/1857
New York Times, “Governor Geary’s Last Interview with Mr. Buchanan,” March 28, 1857
04/01/1857
New York Times, “Robert J. Walker’s Acceptance of the Governship of Kansas,” April 1, 1857
04/01/1857
New York Times, “Mr. Walker’s Views in Regard to Slavery in Kansas,” April 1, 1857
04/09/1857
New York Times, “Slavery in Missouri,” April 9, 1857
04/15/1857
New York Times, “Dissatisfaction at Walker’s Appointment,” April 15, 1857
04/23/1857
Washington (DC) National Era, “A Fire-Eater’s Meditation on the St. Louis Emancipation Victory,” April 23, 1857
05/04/1857
New York Times, “Kansas Politics,” May 4, 1857
05/14/1857
Washington (DC) National Era, “Kansas Given Over By The South,” May 14, 1857
05/27/1857
Charleston (SC) Mercury, "Southern Rights," May 27, 1857
06/02/1857
New York Times, “From Kansas,” June 2, 1857
06/12/1857
New York Times, “Affairs in Kansas,” June 12, 1857
06/22/1857
New York Times, “The ‘Governors’ of Kansas,” June 22, 1857
06/25/1857
Washington (DC) National Era, "The Administration," June 25, 1857
06/30/1857
New York Times, “Kansas,” June 30, 1857
07/11/1857
New York Times, “Where is the South?,” July 11, 1857
07/30/1857
Washington (DC) National Era, “Kansas News,” July 30, 1857
08/13/1857
Washington (DC) National Era, “A Mistake,” August 13, 1857
08/13/1857
Washington (DC) National Era, “Slavery in Oregon,” August 13, 1857
08/19/1857
New York Times, “Slavery in Kansas,” June 22, 1857
09/02/1857
New York Times, “Mr. Marcy on the Sumner Assault,” September 2, 1857
09/24/1857
New York Times, “News From Kansas,” September 24, 1857
10/01/1857
Washington (DC) National Era, “Inconsistency,” October 1, 1857
10/12/1857
New York Times, “South Carolina Senator,” October 12, 1857
10/15/1857
Washington (DC) National Era, “Evils of Organism,” October 15, 1857
10/15/1857
Washington (DC) National Era, "The Union," October 15, 1857
10/17/1857
New York Times, “The Fall Elections,” October 17, 1857
10/22/1857
Washington (DC) National Era, “Collapse of Abolitionists,” October 22, 1857
10/26/1857
New York Times, “Virginia Politics,” October 26, 1857
10/29/1857
Washington (DC) National Era, “Reports of the Kansas Press,” October 29, 1857
10/29/1857
The Election—How Mr. Parrott, the Free State candidate was Chosen to Congress—He Receives his Certificate from Governor Walker
10/29/1857
Washington (DC) National Era, “Douglas’s Organ on Kansas,” October 29, 1857
10/30/1857
Boston (MA) Liberator, "Buchanan Democracy," October 30, 1857
10/31/1857
New York Times, “Important Rumor,” October 31, 1857
11/13/1857
New York Times, “News from Kansas,” November 13, 1857
11/18/1857
New York Times, “The Republicans and Gov. Walker,” November 18, 1857
11/23/1857
Stephen A. Douglas to John A. McClernand, November 23, 1857
12/08/1857
New York Times, “The Kansas Constitution,” December 8, 1857
12/10/1857
Washington (DC) National Era, “Independence of Voting,” December 10, 1857
12/14/1857
New York Times, "The Missing Walker," December 14, 1857
12/15/1857
New York Times, “Governor Walker in Washington,” December 15, 1857
12/17/1857
New York Times, “Secretary Stanton’s Call for an Extra Session of the Kansas Legislature,” December 17, 1857
12/18/1857
New York Times, “The Fight in Congress,” December 18, 1857
12/19/1857
New York Times, “The Republicans and Gov. Walker,” December 19, 1857
12/24/1857
New York Times, “Governor Walker and General Cass,” December 24, 1857
12/28/1857
Abraham Lincoln, Fragment of a Speech, circa December 28, 1857
12/30/1857
New York Herald, “News from Kansas,” December 30, 1857
12/30/1857
New York Times, “Southern Democratic Sentiment Concerning Northern Democrats,” December 30, 1857
12/31/1857
Washington (DC) National Era, “Presidential Intervention Against Slavery,” December 31, 1857
01/03/1858
New York Herald, "The Kansas Trouble in Congress," January 3, 1858
01/04/1858
New York Herald, "Kansas," January 4, 1858
01/05/1858
New York Herald, "The Slavery Question in Congress," January 5, 1858
01/07/1858
New York Herald, "Kansas as a Slave State," January 7, 1858
01/17/1858
John Murray Forbes to N. M. Beckwith, January 17, 1858
01/27/1858
New York Herald, "The Approaching Conclusion of the Kansas Comedy," January 27, 1858
02/10/1858
New Orleans (LA) Picayune, "Admission of Kansas," February 10, 1858
02/20/1858
New York Herald, “The United States Senators From Kansas,” February 20, 1858
02/26/1858
New York Herald, "Political Agitation in this Metropolis," Febraury 26, 1858
02/27/1858
Charleston (SC) Mercury, "A Noble Confession," February 27, 1858
03/06/1858
(Concord) New Hampshire Statesman, “Douglas in the Senate,” March 6, 1858
03/24/1858
New York Times, “Douglas’ Kansas Speech,” March 24, 1858
03/26/1858
Boston (MA) Herald, “Kansas as it Passed the Senate,” March 26, 1858
04/07/1858
Charleston (SC) Mercury, "The Result in the House," April 7, 1858
04/26/1858
Charleston (SC) Mercury, "The Rejection of Kansas," April 26, 1858
05/12/1858
Salmon Portland Chase to James Shepard Pike, May 12, 1858
06/03/1858
New York Times, "Kansas Affairs," June 3, 1858
06/19/1858
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Voice of Kansas,” June 19, 1858
06/27/1858
New York Herald, “The Hon. Joshua R. Giddings vs. the Administration and the Slave Power,” June 27, 1858
07/01/1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Passage at Arms between Lincoln and Douglas in 1854," July 1, 1858
07/05/1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “New Orleans Delta on the Illinois Republican Convention,” July 5, 1858
07/07/1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Douglas Coming Home," July 7, 1858
07/08/1858
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Senator Crittenden,” July 8, 1858
07/12/1858
New York Herald, “Senator Douglas at Chicago,” July 12, 1858
07/17/1858
Lawrence (KS) Herald of Freedom, "Prepare for the Fight," July 17, 1858
07/19/1858
(St. Louis) Missouri Republican, "The Progress of Judge Douglas Through Illinois," July 19, 1858
07/26/1858
New York Herald, "Lecompton to be Rejected," July 26, 1858
07/29/1858
Charleston (SC) Mercury, "Douglas Tottering!," July 29, 1858
07/29/1858
John Jordan Crittenden to Abraham Lincoln, July 29, 1858
08/02/1858
New York Times, “The Kansas Election,” August 2, 1858
08/09/1858
Charleston (SC) Mercury, "The Lecompton Constitution Rejected," August 9, 1858
08/11/1858
New York Times, “Death of Lecompton," August 11, 1858
08/13/1858
New York Herald, “The Illinois Campaign,” August 13, 1858
08/15/1858
New York Herald, “Political Joking," August 15, 1858
08/22/1858
New York Herald, “The Illinois Campaign,” August 22, 1858
08/27/1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “A Faithful Witness,” August 27, 1858
08/27/1858
Joseph Medill to Abraham Lincoln, August 27, 1858
08/31/1858
New York Times, “What will Kansas do Next?,” August 31, 1858
09/05/1858
(St. Louis) Missouri Republican, “Kansas Affairs,” September 5, 1858
09/16/1858
New York Times, “Opposition Ratification Meeting in Philadelphia,” September 16, 1858
09/19/1858
New York Herald, “Mr. English on the English Bill,” September 19, 1858
09/29/1858
Newark (OH) Advocate, “The English Bill in Kansas,” September 29, 1858
10/09/1858
New York Herald, “Treachery in Tammany,” October 9, 1858
10/19/1858
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, “A Great Ado about Nothing,” October 19, 1858
10/25/1858
Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, "Divided We Fall," October 25, 1858
11/05/1858
New York Times, "The Illinois Election," November 5, 1858
11/17/1858
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, "A House Divided, &c.," November 17, 1858
11/27/1858
(St. Louis) Missouri Republican, “What the English Bill has Done for Kansas,” November 27, 1858
12/05/1858
New York Herald, “The Struggle Among the Virginia Democracy,” December 5, 1858
12/11/1858
Boston (MA) Flag of Our Union, “Uncle Sam’s Farm,” December 11, 1858
12/15/1858
New York Times, “From Kansas and Pikes Peak,” December 15, 1858
12/28/1858
New York Times, “Further Outrages in Kansas,” December 28, 1858
01/08/1859
New York Times, “The Kansas Troubles,” January 8, 1859
01/12/1859
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “For the Lambs of the Flock,” January 12, 1859
01/15/1859
New York Times, “News from Kansas and Utah,” January 15, 1859
01/29/1859
New York Herald, “The Presidential Question,” January 29, 1859
02/05/1859
Lawrence (KS) Herald of Freedom, “Crime is Crime,” February 5, 1859
02/05/1859
Samuel Gridley Howe to John Murray Forbes, February 5, 1859
02/12/1859
Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “The Marshall’s Posse,” February 12, 1859
02/14/1859
New York Times, “Admission of Oregon,” February 14, 1859
02/18/1859
Boston (MA) Liberator, "Letters from Friends of the Cause," February 18, 1859
02/21/1859
New York Times, “Boundaries of Oregon,” February 21, 1859
02/24/1859
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Gold Regions of the West,” February 24, 1859
02/26/1859
New York Times, “The Political Future,” February 26, 1859
02/28/1859
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Congress,” February 28, 1859
03/08/1859
Charleston (SC) Mercury, "Slave Stealing in Missouri," March 8, 1859
03/13/1859
Memphis (TN) Appeal, “Kansas Constitutional Convention,” March 13, 1859
03/18/1859
New York Times, “Dr. Doy of Kansas,” March 18, 1859
03/19/1859
Ripley (OH) Bee, “Untitled,” March 19, 1859
03/22/1859
Boston (MA) Advertiser, “Untitled,” March 22, 1859
03/26/1859
Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “Free vs. Slave,” March 26, 1859
04/02/1859
(Omaha) Nebraskian, “Ossowatamie [Osawatomie] Brown,” April 2, 1859
04/06/1859
New York Herald, “The Late Scattering Elections,” April 6, 1859
04/14/1859
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Douglas Organ on Slavery Extension,” April 14, 1859
05/29/1859
New York Herald, “The Pike’s Peak Delusion,” May 29, 1859
06/05/1859
Memphis (TN) Appeal, “Land Speculations at the West,” June 5, 1859
06/11/1859
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Kansas Gold Mines,” June 11, 1859
06/22/1859
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Virginia Will Lead,” June 22, 1859
06/27/1859
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Caught,” June 27, 1859
07/28/1859
Abraham Lincoln to Samuel Galloway, July 28, 1859
07/29/1859
New York Times, “The Slavery Question,” July 29, 1859
08/04/1859
Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Rights of Women in Kansas,” August 4, 1859
08/12/1859
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune,“Constitution of Kansas,” August 12, 1859
10/01/1859
Abraham Lincoln's Speech at Beloit, Wisconsin, October 1, 1859
10/20/1859
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, “Negro Insurrection!," October 20, 1859
10/22/1859
Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “Old John Brown,” October 22, 1859
10/22/1859
New Orleans (LA) Picayune, "The Harper's Ferry Outbreak," October 22, 1859
10/24/1859
Richmond (VA) Dispatch, "Northern Impertinences with Regard to the Late Affair at Harpers Ferry," October 24, 1859
10/25/1859
New Orleans (LA) Picayune, "The Harper's Ferry Affair," October 25, 1859
10/25/1859
Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “The Madness of Brown,” October 25, 1859
10/26/1859
Lydia Maria Child to John Brown, October 26, 1859
10/27/1859
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Sketch of Captain John Brown," October 27, 1859
10/27/1859
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Governor Wise on the Harper's Ferry Insurrection," October 27, 1859
10/28/1859
Baltimore (MD) Sun, "More Harper's Ferry Disclosures," October 28, 1859
10/29/1859
Lawrence (KS) Herald of Freedom, “Old John Brown,” October 29, 1859
10/31/1859
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "A Game that Will Not Win," October 31, 1859
11/03/1859
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Black Republican Ingratitude," November 3, 1859
11/05/1859
New York Times, "The Brown Invasion Transplanted From Kansas," November 5, 1859
11/08/1859
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Democratic Party and Old Brown,” November 8, 1859
12/02/1859
John Thomas Lewis Preston to Margaret Junkin Preston, December 2, 1859
12/10/1859
New York Herald, "The Slavery Agitation," December 10, 1859
12/12/1859
William T. Sherman to Ellen Sherman, December 12, 1859
12/17/1859
Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “The Admission of Kansas,” December 17, 1859
01/19/1860
Washington (DC) National Era, "Prohibition of Slavery in Nebraska," January 19, 1860
02/15/1860
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Harper’s Ferry Inquisition,” February 15, 1860
02/24/1860
Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “The Senate’s Inquisition,” February 24, 1860
02/25/1860
New York Herald, “The Senate and Messrs Hyatt and Howe,” February 25, 1860
03/08/1860
Charleston (SC) Courier, “John Brown’s Private Secretary,” March 8, 1860
03/12/1860
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Worse than the Wilmot Proviso,” March 12, 1860
04/13/1860
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Admission of Kansas,” April 13, 1860
04/19/1860
New York Times, “A Bomb-Shell for Charleston,” April 19, 1860
04/20/1860
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Mr. Buchanan’s Letter,” April 20, 1860
04/21/1860
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Douglas Nomination,” April 21, 1860
05/04/1860
Boston (MA) Liberator, “The Late Homicide in Kansas,” May 4, 1860
05/05/1860
(Omaha) Nebraskian, “Monument to John Brown,” May 5, 1860
05/10/1860
Ripley (OH) Bee, “The Admission of Kansas,” May 10, 1860
05/11/1860
Newark (OH) Advocate, “How Mr. Buchanan’s Patronage Is Dispensed in Ohio,” May 11, 1860
05/23/1860
(Jackson) Mississippian, “Kansas in the Senate,” May 23, 1860
06/02/1860
Atchison (KS) Freedom's Champion, “Kansas and Cuba,” June 2, 1860
06/08/1860
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Sumner’s Speech,” June 8, 1860
08/18/1860
New York Times, "Gov. Seward and John Brown," August 18, 1860
08/28/1860
(Jackson) Mississippian, "Facts for the People," August 28, 1860
09/04/1860
Boston (MA) Advertiser, “Distress in Kansas,” September 4, 1860
10/18/1860
Ripley (OH) Bee, "Drouth in Kansas," October 18, 1860
11/03/1860
(Montpelier) Vermont Patriot, “Don't Care,” November 3, 1860
11/23/1860
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Kansas News,” November 23, 1860
11/23/1860
John Sherman to William Tecumseh Sherman, November 26, 1860
12/01/1860
Chicago (IL) Tribune, "Montgomery," December 1, 1860
02/09/1861
(Montpelier) Vermont Patriot, “Vermont Personal Liberty Law,” February 9, 1861
06/01/1861
Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “News from the ‘All Hazard’ Boys,” June 1, 1861
08/03/1861
Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “Kansas and the War,” August 3, 1861
05/12/1864
Willard P. Hall to Abraham Lincoln, May 12, 1864
