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The Kansas question: Senator Sumner's speech,delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 19th and 20th, 1856, with Senator Mason's reply

Also known as “The Crime against Kansas” Speech, this debate was replied to two days later in the form of a vicious assault by Preston Brooks,…

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.June 15, 1860---Ordered to be printed. REPORT of The Select Committee of the Senate appointed to inquire into the late invasion and seizure of public property at Harper's Ferry, beg leave to submit their report: 

A few selections from the .PDF of the 1860 Select Senate Committee investigation into John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry (October 16-18 1859). The…

SPEECH of JAMES M. MASON, OF VIRGINIA, On THE BILL TO ORGANISE A TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT for the TERRITORY OF OREGON.Delivered in the Senate of the United States, July 6, 1848.

Mason rose on July 6 1848 to speak in opposition to a bill that would authorize the formation of a territorial government for the Oregon Territory,…

100 German/English sentences for US Army Soldiers/German POWs

in a pamphlet that was given to US Army soldiers and German POWs about safe work ethics there was a page that helped give common phrases to help the…

1000 Boy Scouts Will Distribute Posters for OWI

A newspaper article mentioning the use of boy scouts, assigned by the Office of War Information to distribute posters in parts of D.C., Maryland, and…

150th Anniversary of the Bill of Rights

discusses the history of the Bill of Rights and its importance in American History

15th Century Normandy, France Duel with swords between plaintiff and defendant

Illuminated manuscript ca 1450-1470 of 15th Century Normandy, France Duel with swords between plaintiff and defendant

1850 United States Federal Census, Roll 932, Page 399

This is the 1850 Census report for Betsey Clapham Mason living at the Colross Estate. Her name was taken as Bitty which was a nickname and the family…

1860 United States Federal Census, Roll 1359, Page 89

This is the 1860 United States Federal Census of Loudoun County. More specifically it the census of Betsey Clapham Mason while she is living at…