Letters of Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, Franklin Pierce, and Horace Greeley and a commission signed by Abraham Lincoln, 1814-1867.

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Letters of Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, Franklin Pierce, and Horace Greeley and a commission signed by Abraham Lincoln, 1814-1867.

Jefferson writes to Patrick Gibson, 1814 December 23 (file draft) concerning sale of his wheat and tobacco, the anticipated negotiating of peace at Ghent, an execution against Philepot and a payment to Jerremiah Goodman at Poplar Forest. Monroe writes to Charles F. Mercer, 1827 October 17, concerning a Florida project and the specifics of conducting slaves there. Pierce writes to Asa Fowler, 1841 December 29, that the court's decision in Knox vs Knox has surprised him, as the court has usurped legislative power in deciding as they did. Greeley writes to Simon Stevens, 1867 January 7, that Roscoe [Conkling?] has no right to be a candidate as he is representative elect from a hard fought district. Lincoln's commission appoints Henry C. Beckwith surveyor of customs for the port of Hartford, 1861 July 27.

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Poplar Forest (Va.)

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Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

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Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and editor of the New-York Tribune, among the great newspapers of its time. Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congressman from New York, and was the unsuccessful candidate of the new Liberal Republican party in the 1872 presidential election against incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant, who won by a landslide. Greeley was born to a poor family in Amherst, New ...

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

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Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) was the 14th President of the United States (1853-1857). Prior to his presidency he served in both the House of Representatives (1833-1837) and the Senate (1837-1842) as a legislator from New Hampshire. Although a Northerner, he sympathized with the Southern cause during the American Civil War and was good friends with Jefferson Davis....

Mercer, Charles Fenton, 1778-1858

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U.S. representative from Virginia; president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. From the description of Papers of Charles Fenton Mercer [manuscript], 1810-1856. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647891379 State legislator and U.S. representative from Virginia. From the description of Papers, 1816-1854. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70954784 Charles Fenton Mercer (1778-1858), was the son of James Mercer, j...

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

Stevens, Simon, fl. 1867,

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Fowler, Asa, 1811-1885

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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...

Goodman, Jeremiah, 1922-

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Monroe, James, 1758-1831

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James Monroe, fifth president of the United States of America (b. April 28, 1758, Monroe Hall, Virginia-d. July 4, 1831, New York, New York) fought with distinction in the Continental Army, and he practiced law in Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a young politician, he joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790, an advocate of Jeffersonian policies, he was elected United States Senator. As Minister to France in 1794-1796, Monroe showed strong ...

Great Britain. 1814 Dec. 24.

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Beckwith, Henry C., fl. 1861.

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