Washington and South Carolina crisis letters and railway reading
Washington reports several cabinet actions on South Carolina affairs and military restraint, with letters inviting governors to confer on state governance and the president's plan to avoid military intervention while guiding local peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
E. B. Washburne
United States
Paris
Washburne
France
National League of France
Edwin M. Lewis
Jay Cooke & Co
South Carolina
Chamberlain
Hampton
Louisiana
Goy
Executive Mansion
Wade Hampton
W. K. Rogers
Non. Dani
I. Chamberlain
Evarts
Hayes
Mountain Meadows massacre tale recounts Lee trial and execution
The article recounts the Mountain Meadows massacre of 1857 led by Major John D. Lee, detailing the siege of emigrants, the killing of 120 people, and the subsequent trials that ended in Lee's first degree murder conviction and execution by shooting. It also notes related legal oddities in a separate Lochmuller case and delayed justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Salt Lake
Lee
Mountain Meadows
Marshal Nelson
Tee
Fennemore
Tin
Rachel A
Sarah C
Emma B
Howard
Mr. Lee
United States
Brigham Young
Joseph Smith
John D. Lee
Arkansas
California
Pacific Coast
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Los Angeles
Isaac C. Haight
Haight
Parowan
William HH
Rogers
Plains
Treasury
Mormon Council
St. Louis
Charley Ross
Lochmuller
England
Charley Rosses
Chester
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uture Atory
Pany
Anan. Ver
Telegraphic
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Richmond
Board of Army Engineers
Washington Monument Foundation
Mullett
Michael Scanlon
New Jersey
Newark
Thomas P. Somerville
New York
Nettleship
Morrill
Somerville
George Engle
Ocean Bank of
Kentucky
Louisville
Henry Watterson
Judge Burnett
Democratic State Committee
Watterson
Charles D. Jacob
Tilden
Ife
Democratic Party
Republican Party
South
James Kilpatrick
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri
James McKay
Canada Mike
Tombs
Missouri Pacific R. R
Hermann Wronkow
Thomas G. Hogan
Louis B. Binnie
Supreme Court of California
California Pacific Company
Central Pacific Company
Central Company
International Commission of European Engineers
Darien
Atlantic and Pacific
Panama
George L. Whiting
Brooklyn Bank
Kansas
Atchison
St. Benedict’s Priory
Innocent Wolfe
St. Benedict’s
Fink
Sidenberch
Minnesota
New Orleans
Packard Senate
J. J. Monette
Gen
Thomas Anderson
Ducross
Garland
Returning Board
Nicholls
Senate
Commission
the Brooks
Boston
Burnside
Parson Stokes
Nelson
Cedar City
Salt Lake City
Red Butte Cafton
Illinois
Chicago
Post Office Department
Frederick J. Gross
Stuart
Indiana
Indianapolis
Indiana National Bank
Berlin
Germany
Reichstag
Silesia
London
Oxford
Cambridge
Thames
Putney
Mortlake
James Kinyan
Charles Matthews
Senate of
McClellan
National Bank of
Gloverville
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Grant
Europe
Gen. Ignatieff
St. Petersburg
Vienna
Diaz
Mexico
Lerdo
Iowa
Peter
Sweeney
Rufus B. Silliman
Rochester
Joseph Fiery
National Bank of Boston
George C. Ellison
David Small
Mormon Butchery
Bingle
Forthern
Wyomln
Wlinw
Diatly
Ino
Oks
Reliawle Infer- Buacich Tell
Hills
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!