Papers, 1854-1879.

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Papers, 1854-1879.

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Family correspondence, ca. 1860, of Pierce, concerning opportunities for farmers in Kansas; antislavery sentiment; rumors about abolitionist John Brown and about slave insurrections in Texas and Kentucky; and Lincoln's popularity. Later letters concern religious sects in Missouri, commodity prices, the presidential election of 1868, the political activity of Freemasons, and yellow fever in Memphis, Chattanooga, and New Orleans. Correspondents include William B. Pierce, A.G. and Cynthia Pickett, Doreas E. Cross of St. Louis, James W. Pierce, and W.R. Coggin of Warren Co., Tenn.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Brown, John, 1800-1859

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John Brown (May 9, 1800, Torrington, Connecticut – December 2, 1859, Charles Town, Virginia) was born in Connecticut in 1800 before migrating with his family at an early age to the Connecticut Western Reserve. He failed at several business ventures and land speculations before devoting his life to the abolition of slavery. Brown was executed in 1859 following his failed attempt to incite a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Edwin Coppoc, a native of Salem, Ohio, joined Brown in his rai...

Freemasons

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Pierce, James W.

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Resident of Westfield (Hamilton Co.), Ind. From the description of Papers, 1854-1879. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20078063 ...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...