Letter, December 26, 1834.

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Letter, December 26, 1834.

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Letter of December 26, 1834 written from Quincy, Illinois to Artemas Hale of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, discussing politics in Massachusetts, Missouri, and Illinois, as well as the presidential prospects for Martin Van Buren in the election of 1836. Also mentions several murders in Quincy as well as the general health and economic prospects of the town.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Willis, Benjamin, 1803?-fl. 1834.

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A native of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Willis was a lawyer in Quincy, Illinois. From the description of Letter, December 26, 1834. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 62881478 ...

May, William L., approximately 1793-1849

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Hale, Artemas, 1783-1882

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Artemas Hale was born in Winchendon, Massachusetts, on October 20, 1783, the son of Moses Hale and his wife, Ruth Foster Hale. Despite receiving little formal education, he worked as a schoolteacher in Hingham, Massachusetts, between 1804 and 1814. Afterward, he moved to Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where he became involved in the manufacture of cotton gins. Hale had a sustained interest in politics, and served in the following legislative bodies as a member of the Whig Party: the Massachusetts H...

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862

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Martin Van Buren (b. Kinderhook, New York, December 5, 1782-d. July 24, 1862, Kinderhook, New York), studied law, was admitted to bar, New York, 1803; moved to Huson surrogate of Columbia Co.; member of State Senate, 1813-1820; attorney general of New York, 1815-1819; delegate to state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S. Senate Democrat, March 4, 1821-1828; Governor of New York, 1828-1829; U.s. Secretary of State, March 12, 1829 - August 1, 1831; Vice President, 1832; President, 1836-1840....