TY  - GEN
AU  - Fowler,Edwin C.
TI  - Edwin C. Fowler correspondence,
KW  - Blair, Montgomery,
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham,
KW  - Corkran, Francis S.
KW  - West, Clarkson H.
KW  - Cabinet officers
KW  - United States
KW  - Patronage, Political
KW  - Secession
KW  - Southern States
KW  - Maryland
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1861-1865
KW  - Officials and employees
KW  - Postal clerks
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Salesmen
N1  - Open to research
N2  - 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
ER  -