WWW-VL: USA HISTORY: AGE OF JACKSON 1830-1857  

• Research Tools
  • Maps
    • The Indian Removal Map
  • Bibliography
    • 19th Century History
• Timelines
  • Chronology of American Slavery 1830 to the end
  • Timeline, 1815-1841
  • Timeline of American Literature and Events 1830-1840
• History
  • General
    • Andrew Jackson's Honor by Bertram Wyatt-Brown
    • Regarding the administration of General Andrew Jackson in Florida, The Governor of Florida 1828, LOC
    • Historical Debt Outstanding. 1791-1849
  • The Administration of Andrew Jackson
  • The Election of 1828
  • 1828 Presidential Election, Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
  • A Life of Andrew Jackson 1767-1845
  • The Administration of Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837
  • The Official Addresses of Andrew Jackson
  • 1829 March 4 - Andrew Jackson, First Inaugural, AmDocs: American History Documents
  • Internal Improvements
  • Veto of the Maysville Road Bill 1830
  • 1830
    • The Peggy Eaton Affair 1830
      • Andrew Jackson and the Tavern-Keeper's Daughter, By J. Kingston Pierce
      • Andrew Jackson's 'Petticoat Affair'
    • Indian Policy in the Jacksonian Era
    • The Indian Removal 1830-1839
      • Indian Removal 1814-1858 [survey by PBS]
      • The Cherokee National Historical Society
      • The Indian Removal Act of 1830
      • Appeal of the Cherokee Nation 17 July 1830
      • Cherokee Nation v The State of Georgia [1831]
      • 1832 - Treaty with the Potawatomi, October 27 [cede their title and interest to lands in the States of Indiana and Illinois, and in the Territory of Michigan]
      • Worcester v Georgia 1832
      • Extract from Andrew Jackson's Seventh Annual Message to Congress December 7, 1835. The necessity of Indian Removal
      • The Cherokee Trail of Tears 1838-1839
      • The Trail of Tears - Cherokee Indians forcibly removed from North Georgia
      • Constitution of the Cherokee Nation, 1839
    • Resistance. The Blackhawk War 1832
      • Sauk and Fox History
      • Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak "Black Sparrow Hawk" in the Algonquin language of the Sauk
      • Blackhawk's Surrender Speech 1832
      • Blackhawk's Farewell Speech
      • "Who is Blackhawk?"
      • Life of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak or Black Hawk (Boston: Russell, Odiorne & Metcalf, 1834), by Black Hawk, ed. by J. B. Patterson (page images at canadiana.org)
    • Resistance. The Seminole Wars 1835-1842
      • Second Seminole War 1835-1842
      • Indian Resistance and Removal
      • Osceola and Abiaka
      • No Surrender
      • Seminole Survival
      • The Unconquered Seminoles, by Dru J. Murray
  • 1831
  • 1831 The McCormick Family and their Mechanical Reaper
  • Slave Insurrection 1831
    • The Confessions of Nat Turner
    • Slave Insurrections
  • The Nullification Conflict
    • Senate Debate on Nullification 2 April 1830
    • Andrew Jackson's Proclamation on Nullification 10 December 1832
    • Commentary on Nullification, by Ken Newbold
    • "States Rights"
  • 1832
    • Democracy in America, by Alexis de Tocqueville
    • Observations on Professions, Literature, Manners and Emigration, in the United States and Canada: Made During a Residence There in 1832 (London: Whittaker, Treacher, 1833) by Isaac Fidler (page images at canadiana.org)
    • "The Bank War" 1832
      • The Destruction of the Second Bank of the United States. Rationale and Effects, by Gareth Davis
      • 10 July The Bank Veto Message
      • 10 July. Henry Clay's Speech on Jackson's Bank Veto
      • Another Twist on the Jacksonian Bank War: Part 1, by Gerry Rough
      • Another Twist on the Jacksonian Bank War: Part 2, by Gerry Rough
      • Another Twist on the Jacksonian Bank War: Part 3, by Gerry Rough
    • The Election of 1832
    • Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
  • 1833
    • 1833 - Andrew Jackson, Second Inaugural
    • Congressional Censure 1834 
      • Senate Censures President
    • Cyrus McCormick Patents the Reaper 21 June 1834
    • 1834 A Letter to His Countrymen (New York: John Wiley, 1834) by James Fenimore Cooper (HTML at Oneonta)
  • 1835
    • January 30; First assassination attempt made on a US President; President Andrew Jackson escapes injury
  • 1836
    • 1836 - Treaty with the Potawatomi, August 5 ["to remove to the country west of the Mississippi river"]
    • 1837 Slavery in the United States (New York: John S. Taylor, 1837) by Charles Ball (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
    • 1837 An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism, With Reference to the Duty of American Females (second edition, 1837) by Catharine E. Beecher (HTML at Virginia)
    • Declaration of Rights by the Equal Rights Party
    • Andrew Jackson's letter to Congressman Richard Manning, 1936
    • The Texas Revolution 1836
      • Alamo 1836
      • The San Jacinto Campaign of 1836
      • Texas, Texans and the Alamo [daguerrotypes]
      • Remember the Alamo 1836
      • Davy Crockett: Frontier Hero
      • 1836 - William Barret Travis: Letter from the commandancy of the Alamo,
      • Review: Did Crockett Die Fighting or Was He Captured and Executed?
    • The Election of 1836
    • Map of the Presidential Election of 1836
    • Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
    • Death of Jackson
      • A Political Testament, by Andrew Jackson
      • Eulogy on Andrew Jackson 28 June 1845, by Jefferson Davis
  • Society in the Jacksonian Era
    • Tales of the Early Republic
    • Georgia Gold Rush 1829
    • Jacksonian Miscellanies [a newsletter with extracts from the literature of the 1830's]
    • Gentle Advice to Teachers, by Jacob Abbot 1803-1879 [an example of Jacksonian Miscellanies]
    • Off to College in 1830 [Cyrus Hamlin on Bowdoin]
    • New York to Washington in 1832, by Asa Biggs
    • The Election of 1840
    • The Election of 1840 from the Amistad Library
    • Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
  • The Administration of Martin Van Buren 1837-1841
    • The Administration of Martin Van Buren 1837-1841
      • Life of Martin Van Buren
      • 1837 - Martin VanBuren, Inaugural Address
      • Before the Presidency
      • President Martin Van Buren
    • The Panic of 1837
      • Panic of 1837
      • "The Panic of 1837,", by John Wentworth [1876]
      • The Destruction of the Second Bank of the United States. Rationale and Effects, by Gareth Davis
  • Society and Social Change
    • Children's Literature
      • Nineteenth-Century Children and What They Read
      • Robert Merry's Museum, ed. Samuel Goodrich
      • "A Visit to Merry's Museum; or, Social Values in a Nineteenth-Century American Periodical for Children," by Pat Pflieger
        • The War in Florida from Robert Merry's Museum (1842)
        • Billy Bump Off For California from Robert Merry's Museum (1848)
        • Billy Bump in Boston from Robert Merry's Museum (1848)
        • My Own Life and Adventures (1841-1842), by "Robert Merry" (Samuel Goodrich), from Robert Merry's Museum
      • Masterman Ready, by Capt. Maryatt [a boy's sea adventure]
      • 19th-Century Girls' Books, by Deidre Johnson [ a rich collection of texts]
    • Literature and Thought
      • Timeline of American Literature and Events 1840-1849
      • Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862
      • Manifest Destiny, by John L. O'Sullivan 1839
      • From The Life of Colonel David Crockett, by Edward S. Ellis [Crockett learns about politics] 
    • Religion
      • Religion in Western New York State. The "Burned-Over District"
      • Joseph Smith and the Mormons
      • American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith (1805-1844)
      • Death of Joseph Smith
      • Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith
      • Mormons: Leaving Nauvoo
      • The Teachings of Brigham Young
      • Mormon Pioneering Companies of 1847
      • The Trek of the Mormons [map]
      • The Mormon Pioneer Trail
      • Life in Early Utah
      • "The Constitution of the State of Deseret 18 July"
      • State of Deseret Historical and Political Data 1847-1851
      • The State of Deseret
      • Mountain Meadows Massacre (7 September 1857)
    • Labor and Industry
      • Growth of American Industry [map]
      • Factory Rules from the Handbook to Lowell, 1848
      • Daily Wage Rates on the Erie Canal, 1845 to 1870
    • Godey's Lady's Book [1852-1855]
    • The Amistad Revolt 1839-1842
    • Exploring Amistad
    • The Supreme Court Decision on the Amistad Case
    • The Invention of the Daguerreotype 1839 [early form of photography]
  • 1838
  • 1839
    • The Aroostook War. Maine vs. New Brunswick, 1839
  • 1840
    • The Amistad Case, from NARA
    • Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
  • The Administration of William Henry Harrison 1841
    • The Administration of William Henry Harrison 1841
    • 1841 - William Henry Harrison, Inaugural Address
  • The Administration of John Tyler 1841-1845
    • The Administration of John Tyler 1841-1845
    • Sherwood Forest Plantation. Home of John Tyler
    • His Life Before the Presidency
    • Life After the Presidency
    • The Campaign and Election of 1840
    • Foreign Affairs
    • Domestic Affairs
    • The American Franchise
    • Impact and Legacy
  • Chronology
    • 1841
      • 1841 A Journey in North America, Described in Familiar Letters to Amelia Opie (Norwich: Printed for Private Circulation, by Josiah Fletcher, 1841) by Joseph John Gurney (page images in Germany)
    • 1842
      • The Supreme Court Decision on the Amistad Case
      • The Webster-Ashburton Treaty 9 August
    • 1843
      • Comment on the Slavery Issue, from The Phalanx
      • Memorial to the Massachusetts Legislature, by Dorothea Dix
    • 1844
      • Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
    • 1845
      • The Augusta (Georgia) Canal 1845
      • 1845 - The Cruise of the 'Dove'. A Whalers' Song
  • The Legacy of the Tyler Administration
• The Administration of James K. Polk 1845-1849
• The Administration of James K. Polk 1845-1849
• 1845 - James Polk, Inaugural Address
• General
  • Into the Western Country [Mormons move to Utah]
  • 1845
    • Mormons: Leaving Nauvoo
  • 1846
    • The Mexican American War 1846-1848 ==> to WWW-VL US Military History
    • Maps of the Mexican War
    • 1848 A Campaign in New Mexico with Colonel Doniphan by Frank S. Edwards (HTML at Kansas)
    • Dred Scott Digital Project [MS Word] [exemplary documentary collection]
    • Mormons. Hardships in Iowa
  • 1847
    • Mormons. Pioneering Companies of 1847
    • Mormons. Arrival in Utah
    • State of Deseret Historical and Political Data 1847-1851
  • 1848
    • Report No. 12 of the Massachusetts School Board, by Horace Mann
    • Seneca Falls Declaration
    • The Gold Rush Chronicles
    • 1848 - The Leg I Left Behind Me (1848)
    • 1848 - Elizabeth M. Stanton, The Seneca Falls Declaration
    • Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
• The Administration of Zachary Taylor 1849-1850
• The Administration of Zachary Taylor 1849-1850
  • 1849
    • 1849 - Zachary Taylor, Inaugural Address, 6 March
    • 1849 Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California, With Other Sketches by Stephen Johnson Field (HTML at LOC)
    • 1849 Narrative of William W. Brown, an American Slave (1849 UK edition) by William Wells Brown (HTML and TEI at UNC)
    • The Mormons in Utah
      • The Mormons. Life in Early Utah
      • "The Constitution of the State of Deseret 18 July"
• The Administration of Millard Fillmore 1850-1853
• The Administration of Millard Fillmore 1850-1853
• 1850
  • 1850 The Nebraska Question by Theodore Parker (page images at MOA)
  • 1850 Travels in the United States, Etc., During 1849 and 1850 by Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (page images at MOA)
  • 1850 Webster's Seventh of March Speech and the Secession Movement, 1850 by Herbert Darling Foster (Gutenberg text)
• 1851
  • The Traveller's and Tourist's guide Through the United States of America, Canada, etc (1851) by Wellington Williams (page images at MOA)
• 1852
  • Results of the Election of 1852
• The Administration of Franklin Pierce 1853-1857
• The Administration of Franklin Pierce 1853-1857, from POTUS
• 1853 - Franklin Pierce, Inaugural Address
  • The Life of Franklin Pierce by Nathaniel Hawthorne (HTML with commentary at Eldritch Press)
  • 1853
    • Commodore Sails an American Fleet into Tokyo Harbor
    • The Opening of Japan to the West [useful links on Japanese ifluence on Western Art]
    • Expansion in the Pacific
    • "Commodore Perry's Expedition to Japan" [MOA Cornell]
    • The Homes of the New World: Impressions of America (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853), by Fredrika Bremer, trans. by Mary Howitt (HTML at Wisconsin)
    • Gadsden Purchase Treaty : December 30, 1853, from Avalon
  • 1854
    • Boston Slave Riot, and Trial of Anthony Burns (page images at MOA)
    • 1854 - Kansas Nebraska Act
    • 1854 - Abraham Lincoln Speaks on the Kansas Nebraska Act
    • The Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin (Boston: Jewett, 1854) by Harriet Beecher Stowe frame-dependent HTML with commentary at Virginia
  • 1855
    • The Speech of Chief Seattle
    • The Authenticity of the Speech of Chief Seattle, by Jerry L. Clark
    • Transatlantic Wanderings: or, A Last Look at the United States (London: Geo. Routledge and Co., 1855) by John W. Oldmixon (page images in Germany)
    • 1855. Burning of the Steamship City of Newark
  • 1856
    • The Englishwoman in America (London: J. Murray, 1856) by Isabella Lucy Bishop (page images at canadiana.org)
    • The Kansas Struggle, of 1856, in Congress & in the Presidential Campaign by William Goodell (page images at MOA)
    • 1856 - Scott vs. Sandford, The Dred Scott Case
    • The Election of 1856 [map from Furman]
    • Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
  • 1857
    • The Panic of 1857
    • A Review of Pierce's Administration by Anna Ella Carroll (page images at MOA
    • 1857 - James Buchanan, Inaugural Address
    • Testimony of the Canadian Fugitives
    • Letters for the People, on the Present Crisis by Frederick Starr (page images at MOA)
    • North America: Its Agriculture and Climate (Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1857) by Robert Russell (page images in Germany)
• Unsorted
  • The Hassler Legacy. Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler and the United States Coast Survey
  • The 1841 Rumsey Fire Engine