Richmond enquirer. [Volume LVL-Number 43], October 28, 1859, SEMI-WEEKLY-EDITIONLETTER FROM SENATOR MASONand Cardinal Democratic Principles on the Slavery Question

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Richmond enquirer. [Volume LVL-Number 43], October 28, 1859, SEMI-WEEKLY-EDITION

LETTER FROM SENATOR MASON

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Cardinal Democratic Principles on the Slavery Question

Subject

Richmond Enquirer, 1859, Senator James M. Mason, Harper's Ferry, Democratic Party, Slavery, the Slavery Question

Description

A firsthand account of the aftermath of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, written by James Murray Mason himself to an unnamed newspaper editor. The text of this letter is reprinted in the attached 10.28.1859 issue of the Richmond Enquirer. On the page following stand a list of "principles" which seek to preserve and protect slavery in various respects.

Creator

James Murray Mason (1798-1871)

Richmond Enquirer - Ritchie, Dunnavant, Tyler and Wise

Publisher

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.

Date

28, October, 1859

21, October, 1859

Contributor

Santiago Jauregui

Rights

Item not held in Copyright, Public Domain

Relation

Item # 813, Mason's Legacies

Format

Digitized Newspaper

Language

English

Type

Newspaper Article

Identifier

Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.), 28 Oct. 1859. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024735/1859-10-28/ed-1/seq-1/>

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James Murray Mason (1798-1871) Richmond Enquirer - Ritchie, Dunnavant, Tyler and Wise, “Richmond enquirer. [Volume LVL-Number 43], October 28, 1859, SEMI-WEEKLY-EDITIONLETTER FROM SENATOR MASONand Cardinal Democratic Principles on the Slavery Question,” Mason's Legacies, accessed October 22, 2024, https://masonslegacies.org/items/show/814.