Edwin C. Fowler correspondence, 1861.

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Edwin C. Fowler correspondence, 1861.

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ALSs (1861 February 22 and March 6) from Edwin C. Fowler to Clarkson H. West of Harford County, Maryland. The correspondence discusses preparations for the reception of President-elect Abraham Lincoln in Baltimore, Maryland; efforts by secessionists to convene a state convention in Maryland; an interview with Lincoln; efforts by Fowler and Francis S. Corkran to get political patronage for Republicans in Maryland; Montgomery Blair's appointment to the Cabinet; and Fowler's personal affairs.

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Fowler, Edwin C., approximately 1838-

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Post Office Department clerk and store salesman. From the description of Edwin C. Fowler correspondence, 1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79448753 ...

Corkran, Francis S.

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West, Clarkson H.

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Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883

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St. Louis, Missouri, lawyer; U.S district attorney, Missouri, 1839-1841; mayor, St. Louis, 1842-1843; judge, Court of Common Pleas, 1843-1849; first solicitor, U.S. Court of Claims, 1855; counsel for Dred Scott, 1856; postmaster general, 1860-1864; Maryland congressman, 1878. From the description of Letter: Wash[ington, D.C.] to Rev[erend] W[illiam] B[uell] Sprague, Albany, N.Y., 1865 Nov. 20. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27327626 Montgomery Bl...

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...