- Collection:
- Volunteer Voices
- Title:
- Houk in 1865
- Date of Original:
- 1850/1877
- Subject:
- Political campaigns
African Americans
United States. Congress
Civil rights
Suffrage
Politics and government
Advertising - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Knox County, Knoxville, 35.96064, -83.92074
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- This campaign letter was written and distributed by L.C. Houk to the voters of the 2nd Congressional District of Tennessee. Houk ran as a candidate for congress in 1865. He is attacking his opponent, named simply as "Maynard" for condemning the President, supporting the African American suffrage movement, as well as the failures of his professional life.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A7975
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Digital Collection: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee: A Grassroots Approach to Volunteer Voices
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
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