Finding Aid for the W. Gibbs McAdoo Letter, 1860 November 8
MS-2232University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Erin Lawrimore, May 14, 2006
Summary Information
W. Gibbs McAdoo Letter
Date/Date Range : 1860 November 8
0.1 linear feet
Abstract: The W.Gibbs McAdoo letter, written November 8, 1860, describes the mood in Knoxville, Tenn., after Lincoln's election. He 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.
MS-2232
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
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[Identification of Item], W. Gibbs McAdoo Letter, MS-2232. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Biography / History
W. Gibbs McAdoo was a lawyer and educator in Knoxville.
Collection Scope and Content Note
In a November 8, 1860 letter to W.S. Patton in Kingston, W.Gibbs McAdoo describes the mood in Knoxville after the announcement of Lincoln's election to the presidency. He notes that "the Brecks are badly used up here" and that "McGavock, a leading democrat at Nashville came a while ago, saying Bell had carried Tennessee." McAdoo also describes an incident on Gay Street in which "someone tied a rattling old tin bucket with a slip Going out of the Union to a dog's tail and turned him loose."
Subject Terms
- Knoxville (Tenn.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Tennessee, East -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Tennessee -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
- Secession -- Southern States.
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Letter from W.Gibbs McAdoo in Knoxville to W.S. Patton in Kingston, 1860 November 8 Scope Note: Complete transcription:
Knoxville, Nov. 8, 1860
W.S. Patton,
Kingston
Dear Sir,
Was the indictment against William Duncan for perjury found, or ignored? If found, send the captain to Monroe. He resides there. The election news is bad enough. Lincoln seems to be elected by the people. The Brecks are badly used up here - particularly as Bell seems to have beaten their man. A dispatch from McGavock, a leading democrat at Nashville, came a while ago, saying Bell had carried Tennessee. Some of the Brecks here are for going out of the union. This morning some one tied a rattling old tin bucket with a slip "Going out of the Union" to a dog's tail and turned him loose. He went out with a rattling along Gay Street, quite to the amusement of the crowds of spectators. Never did a dog so exert his muscular powers, or strain after speed so violently, before. We hope the vicarious secession of the animal was answer all the purposes of his friends & "save the union."
Yours truly
W. G. McAdoo
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