1825–1860
Draft of the South Carolina Exposition
John C. Calhoun articulated his vision of federalism in the nullification doctrine outlined in the South Carolina Exposition.
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John C. Calhoun articulated his vision of federalism in the nullification doctrine outlined in the South Carolina Exposition.
Adams ridicules Hartford Convention as unrealistic, dangerous, and politically foolish.
Crawford condemns Hartford Convention as unconstitutional, disloyal, and near treason.
Sir, The disagreeable crisis at which matters have lately arrived in some of the western counties of Pennsylvania, with regard to the laws laying duties on spirits distilled within the
Independence sparks a deeper question: if all are equal, why shouldn’t women—and others—claim political rights too?
Representations should be made with candor, and matters stated exactly as they stand. People would be led to believe, from your letter to me of the 10th instant, that works
Loving and kind father and mother, my most humble duty remembered to you, hoping in God of your good health. . . . This is to let you understand that
This will shows how seriously moral reputation mattered in colonial New England and how religious ideals continued to shape personal identity, economic behavior, and public memory long after legal punishments ended.
Most Virtuous Lady: Though my complaint of the world is new, its habit of ill-using is very ancient. I have had a thousand struggles with it, and have thus far
A Letter addressed to the noble Lord Raphael Sanchez, Treasurer to their most invincible Majesties, Ferdinand and Isabella, King and Queen of Spain, by Christopher Columbus . . . In