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Category Archives: 150 Years Ago This Week
Oh, Those Were the Days!
Miss Claudine Rhett describes the glorious autumn of 1860 in Charleston, leading up to South Carolina’s declaration of independence. I was In Charleston all through the autumn and winter of 1860-61, when so much agitation preceded secession. The very air … Continue reading
Mail Service in the New South Carolina
As South Carolina’s Secession Convention reconvenes in Charleston, The New-York Times (December 18, 1860) takes a sardonic view of South Carolina’s attempt to set up its own Post Office: WAYS AND MEANS OF SECESSION. A Joint Committee of the South … Continue reading
Doughface Convention in New York City
Ex-president Millard Fillmore was right – there was going to be another meeting of Southern sympathizers in New York State – specifically in New York City on Saturday, December 15th. Here are excerpts from a very long article in the … Continue reading
What London (Times) Thinks
The New-York Times of December 15, 1860 published a good deal from the London Times. Here are some excerpts. The article titles link back to the complete stories in The New York Times Archive. I. We Like Those American States … Continue reading
But What About Lincoln?
From The New-York Times December 14, 1860: THE CALCULATIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,; WHAT KEEPS THEIR COURAGE UP. From the Charleston Mercury ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL, NEW-YORK, Dec. 6, 1860. Have been stopping here for a number of days; entered my name … Continue reading
Vigilance; Commerce Slows More
From The New-York Times December 14, 1860: HANGING BY A VIGILANCE COMMITTEE. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Thursday, Dec. 13. A letter from Friar’s Point, Miss., says that the Vigilance Committee have hung three carpenters for inciting the slaves to rebellion. Other Northerners … Continue reading
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Tagged Slave Insurrections, Slavery, Vigilance Committee
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Recruiting a Peace Emissary in Buffalo
From The New-York Times December 13, 1860: MILLARD FILLMORE INVITED TO PROCEED TO SOUTH CAROLINA. BUFFALO, Wednesday, Dec. 12. A spontaneous meeting of some three hundred of the most substantial citizens of Buffalo was held last evening, at the United … Continue reading
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Tagged Buffalo, Civil War, Millard Fillmore, secession, Slavery
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Vicksburg Rally Against Disunion
From The New-York Times December 10, 1860: GREAT ANTI-DISUNION DEMONSTRATION AT VICKSBURG. A mass meeting to consider the issues of the day, way held at Vicksburg, Miss., on the afternoon and evening of the 29th ult. The Whig says: “It … Continue reading
Even Texas Wants Out?
From The New-York Times December 10, 1860: To the Editor of the New-York Times: Can the reports that are in circulation about Texas be true? Can she in reality be so ungrateful as to even think of seceding? Her secession … Continue reading
Weed: Obey Constitution; Pay for Fugitives
Thurlow Weed was a political boss in the Whig party. He became a Republican and supported fellow New Yorker William Seward for the party’s presidential nomination in 1860. It is believed that one of the reasons that Seward lost the … Continue reading
