St. Mary's County, Maryland, 1857

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John Osborne
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Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 28, 2008.
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map
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No
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Public
Source citation
Mitchell's New Universal Atlas.... (Philadelphia: Charles Desilver, 1857), 16.
Source note
Cropped from the larger original image of the state of Maryland, also available here.

Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 1857

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John Osborne
Scan date
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 28, 2008.
Image type
map
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Public
Source citation
Mitchell's New Universal Atlas.... (Philadelphia: Charles Desilver, 1857), 16.
Source note
Cropped from the larger original image of the state of Maryland, also available here.

"Quarantine Affairs," New York Times, June 30, 1858

Notes
Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, June 28, 2008.
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document
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No
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Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)
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Yes
Original caption
Quarantine Affairs
Source citation
"Quarantine Affairs," New York Times, June 30, 1858, p. 5: 3.
Source note
Original image has been adjusted here for presentation purposes.

John Cabell Breckinridge (American National Biography)

Scholarship
William L. Barney, "Breckinridge, John Cabell," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/04/04-00142.html.
A friend and confidant of both President Franklin Pierce and the Illinois senator Stephen Douglas, Breckinridge was one of the congressional intermediaries who convinced Pierce to accept southern demands that Douglas's bill for organizing the Kansas and Nebraska territories include the statement that the Missouri Compromise restriction on slavery was "inoperative and void." Breckinridge also played a key role in securing approval of Douglas's bill in the House. Until this point he had been viewed as a moderate from the Border South on the slavery issue.
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