Search Results: Titles starting with K from The Raab Collection

Henry Clay The 32nd and 33rd Congresses served from 1851-1855. The 32nd Congress met after the Compromise of 1850 and the 33rd passed the Kansas–Nebraska Act, an act that soon led to the creation of the Republican Party. This was a consequential Congress and border states like Kentucky were on the edge of a precipice they could vaguely see looming ahead. Kentucky’s delegation was composed of prominent politicians in a state that boasted the citizenry of Henry Clay. Among the men who sat in the House and Senate were to be Union men, Presidential candidates and Confederate generals - Democrats, Whigs and others.During the 32nd Congress, someone met the entire Congressional Delegation of Kentucky, consisting of all 10 members of the House, as well as 3 Senators who would serve at one point or another during the two Congresses, but were present on Capitol Hill during that time.This is a document signed by all of them, no date but almost certainly late in the 32nd Congress, and for generations was part… Read More

08/01/1805. George III The Treaty of Saint Petersburg was signed on April 11, 1805 by Great Britain and the Russian Empire and created an offensive alliance directed against Napoleon's French Empire. The two allies were joined by Austria in August and by Sweden in October. This struck fear into Napoleon and drove conflict during the War of the Third Coalition. The stated goal of the Anglo-Russian alliance was to reduce France to its 1792 borders.This treaty itself was one of the main causes of the War of the Third Coalition, and paradoxically marked one of the high water marks for Napoleon. After this Treaty, just months later, Austria and Russia suffered a major defeat at Austerlitz. In December 1805, after Austrian defeat at Ulm in addition to Austerlitz, France and Austria signed the Treaty of Pressburg, which took Austria out of the Third Coalition and the war. Thus the first battles of the War of the Third Coalition resulted in great victories for the French.Document signed, King George III,… Read More

08/07/1711. Louis XIV An important document showing the power and intent of the Sun King; he also declines to pardon two young men set to be executedLouis XIII had two children. His son Louis XIV, who came to be known as the glorious “Sun King,” was crowned when just five years old. He was King for over 72 years, and remains the longest reigning monarch of a major European power. Louis XIV was the embodiment of the Divine Right of Kings. He strengthened and centralized the power of the monarch, and encouraged the loyalty of the nobles, bringing them closer and closer to the court at Versailles. Under his leadership France became the strongest power in Europe. His reign was also a time of the flourishing of arts and philosophy, and has the same romantic and flowering aura about it as that of Queen Elizabeth I of England.The Assemblies of the Clergy were meetings of the Catholic clergy of France to manage the financial burdens laid upon the Church by the kings of France and the Churches other… Read More