Maine and the Hartford Convention: The Impact of the War of 1812 on the Politics of Maine and Massachusetts

The question of why the New England Federalists failed to force a confrontation with the national government has been a continuing historical controversy. I feel that the vigorous stance of the New England Democratic-Republicans particularly in Maine (then a part of Massachusetts), to radical Federalist schemes acted to restrain their opponents. In the final analysis my argument is that New England could not act without Maine. To paraphrase Federalist George Herbert of Ellsworth, on such a slender thread do the destinies of nations hang.

A short account of the Hartford Convention : taken from official documents, and address to the fair minded and the well disposed. To which is added an attested copy of the secret journal of that body.

Mode of access: Internet.

Otis' letters in defence of the Hartford Convention, and the people of Massachusetts.

Cover title.

The identity of the old Hartford Convention Federalists with the modern Whig, Harrison Party. Carefully illustrated by living specimens, and dedicated to the young men of the Union.

Note of explanation at end signed by Charles G. Greene and B. F. Hallett, Boston, Aug. 1840.

Letters developing the characters and views of the Hartford convention : by "one of the convention."

"First published in the National intelligencer, in Janaury, 1820."

Letter from Stephen Longfellow to Jabez Kimball, 1797 December 10

Stephen Longfellow wrote this letter to his friend Jabez Kimball on December 10, 1797. The letter was addressed to Kimball in London-Derry, where he was studying law. The letter is lighthearted, and Longfellow recounts various happenings at Harvard since Kimball's graduation the year before. Longfellow informs him of developments in Phi Beta Kappa, the Hasty Pudding Club, and his "attention to the ladies."

Letter from Stephen Longfellow to Daniel Appleton White, 1799 May 29

Stephen Longfellow wrote this letter in Portland, Maine on May 29, 1799; it was sent to his friend, Daniel Appleton White, in Medford, Massachusetts. In the letter, Longfellow describes the Election Day festivities among the "plebeans" in Portland, which he apparently found both amusing and upsetting. He compares the horses pulling their sleds to Don Quixote's horse, Rocinante. He also writes about mutual friends, including John Henry Tudor and Jabez Kimball, and bemoans the behavior of the current members of Phi Beta Kappa among the Harvard College undergraduates, whom he insists have sunk the society below its former "exalted station."

The public records of the State of Connecticut ... : with the journal of the Council of Safety ... and an appendix /

Vol. 3 completed, and an index compiled by Forrest Morgan, after the death of Mr. Hoadly

A lecture on the necessary qualifications of teachers in common schools, delivered before the Connecticut convention of teachers and the Friends of Education, assembled at the City Hall in Hartford, Nov. 10, 1830.

Mode of access: Internet.

Proceedings of a State Convention of the Whig Young Men of Connecticut, assembled at Hartford, February 26, 1840.

"List of delegates": p. [7]-14.

The debates of the House of Clerical and Lay Delegates in the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, United States of America.

"As reported for The Churchman ..."

Plan of the Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States : together with an address to the friends of religion and the church, and an appendix, containing sundry resolutions of the General Convention, and of the Board of Trustees, in relation to the Seminary.

"Shoemaker 2884"

Debates of the House of deputies in the General convention of the Protestant Episcopal church in the United States of America, held in New York city, October, A. D. 1874,

Mode of access: Internet.

Debates of the House of deputies in the General convention of the Protestant Episcopal church in the United States of America : held in Baltimore, Md., October, A.D. 1871 /

Mode of access: Internet.

Historical notes on the constitutions of Connecticut, 1639-1818, particularly on the origin and progress of the movement which resulated in the Convention of 1818 and the adoption of the present constitution,

Mode of access: Internet.