James Buchanan to James Gordon Bennett, March 11, 1861 (Page 2)

Scanned by
Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections
Notes
Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, March 17, 2009.
Image type
document
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections
Permission to use?
Yes
Source citation
James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections
Source note
Original image has been adjusted here for presentation purposes.

James Buchanan to James Gordon Bennett, March 11, 1861 (Page 1)

Scanned by
Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections
Notes
Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, March 17, 2009.
Image type
document
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections
Permission to use?
Yes
Source citation
James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections
Source note
Original image has been adjusted here for presentation purposes.

James Buchanan to Gerard Hallock, August 11, 1860 (Page 2)

Scanned by
Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections
Notes
Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, November 5, 2009.
Image type
document
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections
Permission to use?
Yes
Source citation
James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections
Source note
Original image has been adjusted here for presentation purposes.

James Buchanan to Gerard Hallock, August 11, 1860 (Page 1)

Scanned by
Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections
Notes
Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, November 5, 2009.
Image type
document
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections
Permission to use?
Yes
Source citation
James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections
Source note
Original image has been adjusted here for presentation purposes.

Suspected American slaveship returned under naval guard to New York

The American bark Emily arrived in New York under the charge of a United States Navy prize crew with Lieutenant H. K. Stevens from the U.S.S. Portsmouth in command.  The vessel had been captured off the coast of Africa in mis-September as a suspected slave trader.  Several of its crew and captain were aboard when it arrived in the harbor and the U.S. Marshal took them into custody to await investigation.  (By John Osborne) 
clear_left
On
Type
Legal/Political
clear_tab_people
On
clear_tab_images
On

Four of John Brown's raiders sentenced to death in Charlestown, Virginia

John Edwin Cook, Shields Green, John Copeland, and Edwin Coppoc were all sentenced to death in the court of Judge Parker in Charlestown, Virginia after having been found guilty on charges stemming from their participation in the Harpers Ferry Raid.  Coppoc's brother Barclay, another raider, had escaped and was later killed serving in the Union Army during the Civil War. (By John Osborne)
clear_left
On
Type
Legal/Political
clear_tab_people
On
clear_tab_images
On

Another large fire strikes New Orleans leaving five hundred homeless

The Fourth District of New Orleans, Louisiana had been hit with a large fire ten days before a new conflagration burned more than fifty houses and left more than 500 homeless.  The fire began in the mid-afternoon in a stables business on Washington Street in the Fourth District and by midnight more than seven blocks had been destroyed. (By John Osborne)
clear_left
On
Type
Crime/Disasters
clear_tab_people
On
clear_tab_images
On

Gerrit Smith, one of the "Secret Six," confined in mental institution at Utica, New York

The family of Gerrit Smith delivered him to the State Lunatic Asylum in Utica, New York.  Smith had been implicated as one of the "Secret Six" that had indirectly aided John Brown and his actions in Virginia and the pressures upon him had been so great since the bloodshed that the director of the asylum, John Perdue Gray, described his condition as life-threatening.  He remained in the institution until December 29, 1859. (By John Osborne)
clear_left
On
Type
Personal
clear_tab_people
On
clear_tab_images
On

Meeting in Kentucky protests the economic domination of the East Coast

A meeting was held at Ghent in Carroll County, Kentucky to protest the capitalist domination of the cities and states of the Atlantic Coast over the Mississippi Valley. Resolutions calling for more industry in the valley and for additional conventions in the area on the question were passed.  Little more was heard of this movement, however. (By John Osborne)
clear_left
On
Type
Business/Industry
clear_tab_people
On
clear_tab_images
On

National Convention of Seaman's Missions holds its annual meeting in New York City

The annual National Convention of Chaplains and Other Friends of Seamen met in the Mariner's Church on Madison Avenue in New York City.  Delegates from most of the ports in the United States and guest missionaries from as far away as Hong Kong elected Reverend Jonathan Greenleaf of Brooklyn as chair.  They then engaged in three days of discussion on various ways to further the spiritual health of the nation's merchant seamen.  (By John Osborne)  
clear_left
On
Type
Religion/Philosophy
clear_tab_people
On
clear_tab_images
On
Subscribe to