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Secession -- Southern States.

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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W. Gibbs McAdoo Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2232
Abstract

This letter penned by W. Gibbs McAdoo, written November 8, 1860, describes the mood in Knoxville, after Abraham Lincoln's election. McAdoo also tells of an incident in which someone tied a tin bucket and a note reading "Going out of the Union" to a dog and turned it loose on Gay Street.

Dates: 1860 November 8