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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08935 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1854 |
| Title | William Pitt to James D. Fessenden regarding the Kansas-Nebraska Bill |
| Date | 28 February 1854 |
| Author | Fessenden, William Pitt (1806-1869) |
| Recipient | Fessenden, James D. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his son about his opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. Fessenden, who had recently been sworn in as a Maine senator, comments that "The Nebraska outrage occasions great feelings here...It is near pretty well understood that the free states were sold by their leaders in 1850...and they are to be plundered. I see no help for it. If the Southern Whigs stopped the measure in body...there is no longer a national Whig party for me." Earlier in the letter he urges James to stay in his position, which he apparently dislikes and discusses Frank's (possibly Francis, another of his sons) studies. |
| Subjects | Bleeding Kansas Government and Civics Westward Expansion Slavery African American History Politics Congress Westward Expansion Education Children and Family Whigs |
| People | Fessenden, William Pitt (1806-1869) Fessenden, James D. (1833-1882) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Westward Expansion; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Education; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |