Incoming correspondence, 1844-1864.

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Incoming correspondence, 1844-1864.

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Letters from relatives Eliza H. Woodford and William Dulaney of Cloud's Spring and Bowling Green, Kentucky, discuss family and the politics of the day, including Henry Clay's 1844 defeat, the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln, slavery and the atmosphere in Kentucky during the Civil War.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

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Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House. He was the seventh House speaker and the ninth secretary of state. He received electoral votes for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections. He also helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Grea...

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...

Dulaney, William L. (William Lee)

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Dulaney, Robert Leroy, 1818-1903,

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Marshall, Illinois, lawyer; founder, Dulaney National Bank; member, board of directors, Vandalia Rail Road. From the description of Incoming correspondence, 1844-1864. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 29761076 ...

Woodford, Eliza H.

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