Letter, 1847 Nov. 13, Newberry, S.C., to Edwin M. Snow, Manchester, N.H.

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Letter, 1847 Nov. 13, Newberry, S.C., to Edwin M. Snow, Manchester, N.H.

Personal letter re Parks' situation as a school teacher, village life in Newberry, S.C., comments on Mexican War, the Wilmot Proviso, and future expansion of slavery, "The unpopularity of the War and the Wilmot Proviso have been the two prominent causes of the success of the Whigs ... I am very much afraid that [the proviso] will lead to a dissoluton of the Union."

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Whig Party (U.S.)

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Parks, George.

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Native of northeastern U.S. teaching school in Newberry, S.C.; Edwin M. Snow, M.D., later served as superintendent of health in Providence, Rhode Island, and authored the book, History of the Asiatic Cholera in Providence (1858). From the description of Letter, 1847 Nov. 13, Newberry, S.C., to Edwin M. Snow, Manchester, N.H. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 31682197 ...

Snow, Edwin M. (Edwin Miller), 1820-1888

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