Letters received by Anna Ella Carroll, 1856-1862 [microform].

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Letters received by Anna Ella Carroll, 1856-1862 [microform].

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Anna Ella Carroll was a political writer and advisor to the federal government during and after the Civil War. Though her role is controversial, she is generally credited with helping keep Maryland in the Union and suggesting the Tennessee River Plan that ultimately led to the Confederate Army's defeat. This group of letters mainly concerns Carroll's advancing John Minor Botts of Virginia as a national 'fusion' candidate in the 1860 presidential race. She felt the leading Democratic and Republican contenders would polarize the country over the slavery issue. Correspondents include John Minor Botts, Jacob Broom, and Kenneth Rayner.

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Botts, John Minor, 1802-1869

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Botts was born in Dumfries, Virginia to prominent lawyer Benjamin Gaines Botts (1776 - 1811) and his wife Jane Tyler Botts (1782 - 1811). Both of his parents died in the Richmond Theatre fire on 26 December 1811, so John and his siblings were raised by relatives in Fredericksburg. Botts attended the common schools in Richmond, Virginia, then studied law. He married Mary Whiting Blair (1801-1841), and they had several children. Two sons (John and Alexander) died very young; their firstborn son...

Carroll, Anna Ella, 1815-1894

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