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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 73 3 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton, Reader's History of American Literature 56 4 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 51 1 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1 46 4 Browse Search
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 43 7 Browse Search
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1 43 1 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2 40 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 38 2 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Book and heart: essays on literature and life 32 2 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises 31 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: December 18, 1860., [Electronic resource], Secession movement at the South. (search)
the nullification excitement in Charleston. An eulogistic biographer of General Scott thus relates a happy incident connected with the nullification excitement in, South Carolina, in 32. To appreciate the delicacy of this timely act of General Scott, it must be known that the Charlestonians, who were almost continually under arms during the presence of General Scott and the United States forces at Fort Moultrie, had strongly barricaded with cotton bales, &c., all the wharves facing the Charleston, rapidly spreading, and threatening the city with destruction.--General Scott happened to be the first who perceived the conflagration, and with great pr, and it would have been successful on any other day but the debtors. General Scott on secession. A telegraphic report from Washington city says that GenerGeneral Scott has given the President an elaborate opinion in reference to the present condition of the military defences of the country, and what should be done in view