Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1861.

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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1861.

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Letter dated 5 February 1861 from Benjamin Field of Philadelphia to Major John H. Bills of Bolivar, Tenn., relating to the proposed Crittenden Compromise and the activities of Lincoln supporters and anti-slavery forces in Philadelphia. Includes a photostatic copy of an article from the New York Daily Tribune for 4 February 1861, concerning the efforts in Philadelphia to win support for the Crittenden Compromise among businessmen who had supported Lincoln in the 1860 election. Also includes two letters of January, 1962 from the dealer, providing further information about these items.

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University of Pennsylvania Library

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University of Pennsylvania Library

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Field, Benjamin Rush, 1861-1935

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Bills, John Houston, 1800-1871

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John Houston Bills (1800-1871), Tennessee planter, merchant, and friend of president James Knox Polk (1795-1849), was born in Iredell County, North Carolina, and migrated to Tennessee in 1818. He was active in the Democratic Party, the Freemasons, the temperance movement, and the religious life of his community. From the guide to the John Houston Bills Papers, 1843-1871, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) John Houston Bill...