Letters, 1896.

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Letters, 1896.

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Copies of correspondence with Ida Tarbell, Varina Davis, and others over a comment that Tarbell made in an article published in McClure's Magazine. All the correspondents are presenting evidence to show Tarbell that Jefferson Davis was actually present in Illinois during the Black Hawk War and not on leave, as Tarbell had stated.

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Dixon, Frank R., fl. 1896.

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Resident of Dixon, Illinois and probably grandson of John Dixon. From the description of Letters, 1896. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 71836003 ...

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...

Dixon, John, 1784-1876

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Early settler, Fancy Creek, Illinois; clerk, Peoria County, Illinois, 1825-1830; founder of Dixon, Illinois. From the description of Documents, 1825-1829. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 29551831 From the description of Document : Peoria County, Ill., 1826 Dec. 25. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 29551822 ...

Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944

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Ida M. Tarbell was an investigative journalist best known from her The History of the Standard Oil Company published in 1904. She wrote for American Magazine, which she also co-owned and co-edited, from 1906 to 1915. From the guide to the Ida M. Tarbell papers, 1916-1930, (Ohio University) Historian, journalist, lecturer, and muckraker, (Allegheny College, A.B., 1880). For further information, see Notable American Women (1971). From the description of The nationa...

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...

Davis, Varina, 1826-1906

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Second wife of Confederate States of America president Jefferson Davis. From the description of Letter and article: New York [N.Y.], 1905 Oct. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 29417912 First Lady of Confederacy. From the description of Letter: Montgomery [Al.], 1863 March [1]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122415155 Author; wife of Jefferson Davis [1808-1889], president of the Confederacy. From the description of V...