Anonymous to Abraham Lincoln, January 1861

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Anonymous. “One who desires your good” to Abraham Lincoln, January 1861 (Beware of office seekers)
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Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress
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“A Visit to Mr. Lincoln,” New York Times, December 20, 1860

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A Visit to Mr. Lincoln
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“A Visit to Mr. Lincoln,” New York Times, December 20, 1860, p. 2: 4.
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“The Colored People and John Brown’s Widow,” New York Times, January 23, 1860

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Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, October 22, 2009.
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The Colored People and John Brown’s Widow
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“The Colored People and John Brown’s Widow,” New York Times, January 23, 1860, p. 5: 1.
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Private William Stoker dies sometime after the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry in May 1864

Private William Stoker’s half brother Thomas McKissack informed Elizabeth Stoker in a short letter dated May 7, 1864 that her husband had been shot in the chest during the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry on April 30, 1864. Thomas was hopeful, or at least appeared to be in the note. “I think he will get over it…[and] he said he would come home as quick as he could,” he wrote gently. William Stoker, however, never returned home to his wife and daughter. He was one of the nation’s more than 620,000 casualties of war. (By Don Sailer)
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William Stoker enters Company H of the 18th Texas Infantry in Jefferson, Texas

William Elisha Stoker was not among the 25,000 Texans who volunteered for service as the Civil War started. The Confederate government authorized a draft in February 1862 and Stoker entered Company H of the 18th Texas Infantry in May. His letters suggest he was conscripted. Stoker’s company marched to Arkansas over the summer of 1862, arriving by September, although they were not issued combat rifles until November. (By Don Sailer)
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“The Slave Population in the Vicinity of the Outbreak,” New York Herald, October 23, 1859

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Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, October 22, 2009.
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The Slave Population in the Vicinity of the Outbreak
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“The Slave Population in the Vicinity of the Outbreak,” New York Herald, October 23, 1859, p. 1: 6.
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Original image has been adjusted here for presentation purposes.
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