Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863 (SC 3077)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

11-15-2016

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3077. Letter, 7 August 1847, of Elisha Whittlesey to Nathan F. Williams, Baltimore, Maryland. He expresses high praise for Zachary Taylor, the likely candidate of the Whig Party in the 1848 presidential campaign, but fears that Taylor’s Southern origins will allow a Democratic Party candidate to gain the support of abolitionist Whigs, Whigs in non-slaveholding states, and members of the Liberty Party. The letter is written on manuscript letterhead of the Washington National Monument Office.

Disciplines

American Politics | Political Science | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863 (SC 3077)" (2016). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4252.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4252