Horace M. Polk letter, 1860 Nov. 5.

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Horace M. Polk letter, 1860 Nov. 5.

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Horace M. Polk on Bayou Bartholomew writes his father-in-law, Major John H. Bills of Bolivar, Tenn., about the presidential election and the possibility of secession by southern states if Lincoln is elected. He also discusses an inheritance case, an investment in land, and delays in picking cotton.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Polk, Horace M. (Horace Moore), 1819-1883

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Horace M. Polk was a planter on Bayou Bartholomew near Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, La., and senatorial delegate from Morehouse and Ouachita parishes to the Louisiana Secession Convention. From the description of Horace M. Polk letter, 1860 Nov. 5. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 776894049 From the description of Horace M. Polk letters, 1860-1868. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 302362758 ...

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...

Bills, John Houston, 1800-1871

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John Houston Bills (1800-1871), Tennessee planter, merchant, and friend of president James Knox Polk (1795-1849), was born in Iredell County, North Carolina, and migrated to Tennessee in 1818. He was active in the Democratic Party, the Freemasons, the temperance movement, and the religious life of his community. From the guide to the John Houston Bills Papers, 1843-1871, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) John Houston Bill...