Correspondence of Zachary Taylor&Millard Fillmore

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[Correspondence of Zachary Taylor&Millard Fillmore @ZTandMF]

Today we publish our 1st teaching guide, on the US annexation of #Texas! With 4 previously unpublished Fillmore letters, intros & analysis questions, #USHistory #Teachers & #twitterstorians can use it to teach 11th/12th graders to analyze #primarysources. https://t.co/mds9f4jxv5

[Correspondence of Zachary Taylor&Millard Fillmore @ZTandMF]

Psst. The Taylor-Fillmore project now has a LinkedIn page. We hope you'll follow us there, too. Please spread the word! https://t.co/LAUxE6xXKu

[Correspondence of Zachary Taylor&Millard Fillmore @ZTandMF]

After heading to the polls today, you can read about 19th century elections in our blog archives: https://t.co/2DRmTmwFfk and https://t.co/BHWJYkIAjK.

[Correspondence of Zachary Taylor&Millard Fillmore @ZTandMF]

On 11/5/1844 NYC merchant Lovel Mickles reported to Fillmore ~ #ElectionDay: "torrents of rain which deluged the City yesterday, dampened our whig ardor amazingly…By the time this shall reach you, you will be able to form a pretty correct opinion as to the result in this state-"

[Jonathan White @CivilWarJon]

On December 8, 1865, an East Tennessee newspaper called "The Union Flag" called for Frederick Douglass to be elected president.

"The elevation of Douglass to the Presidency, would have a great moral effect."

[Correspondence of Zachary Taylor&Millard Fillmore @ZTandMF]

Voters today have a different experience from those in Taylor and Fillmore's time. Until the late 19th century, voters brought their own ballots (which they could get from parties or newspapers) to the polls. In some states, they instead voted by voice.

[Correspondence of Zachary Taylor&Millard Fillmore @ZTandMF]

Nineteenth-century #elections often were raucous affairs. On 9/28/1844, the lawyer John C. Hamilton warned Fillmore that "fraud & violence will reign" on election day in New York City. But he expected "favorable" results for the Whigs elsewhere. (SUNY–Oswego)

[Jonathan White @CivilWarJon]

Happy Halloween, from 1867!

[Correspondence of Zachary Taylor&Millard Fillmore @ZTandMF]

On Sunday, at @TheSouthernSHA conference in Kansas City, our editor, Michael Cohen, spoke on what Zachary Taylor's & James K. Polk's letters reveal about the lives of Black Americans they enslaved in Mississippi. It was great to learn what historians are finding in other sources.

[School of Public Affairs @AU_SPA]

The newest event in our "Thurber Dialogues on Democracy" series will feature Prof. Cynthia Miller-Idriss and Kaitlyn DaVisio with Ron Elving, Acting Director of SPA's Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, in conversation on the role of polarization in the upcoming presidential election.
RSVP here: https://t.co/PZcQ4h76Cb
Watch the live stream here: https://t.co/1QgswwkrnG

[Correspondence of Zachary Taylor&Millard Fillmore @ZTandMF]

Taylor, in 1848, wasn't sure he should be president but wanted a change from James K. Polk: "my wishes are…a complete change in the present Administration…I will be satisfied no matter who is put in the place of the present Chief Magistrate so he is honest virtuous & capable."

[James K. Polk SHS @JKPolkSHS]

This Indigenous People's Day, we honor the Catawba Nation whose land the site is sitting on. The Catawba existed on this land long before the Polk's were here, and it is important that we share their stories.

Land acknowledgement by the NC American Indian Heritage Commission.

[Last Seen Project @InfoWantedOrg]

In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day, the Last Seen Project encourages you to check out some of our ads referencing Indigenous people, places, and events with these related tags!

#LastSeenProject #BlackHistory #IndigenousPeoplesDay #DigitalHistory @usnatarchives @NHPRC

[Dr. Colleen Shogan @AOTUS11_Shogan]

Good things are happening @USNatArchives. Here's some updated, behind the scenes photos of construction at our new state-of- the-art, interactive education center. Coming to you in fall of 2025!

[Correspondence of Zachary Taylor&Millard Fillmore @ZTandMF]

We thank all the amazing teachers on this #WorldTeachersDay. Both Millard and Abigail Fillmore were teachers: Millard before he established himself as a lawyer, and Abigail both before and after she married him. She may (sources are vague) have been one of *his* teachers.

[Correspondence of Zachary Taylor&Millard Fillmore @ZTandMF]

Happy birthday to Jimmy Carter, the only president to celebrate his 100th.

[White House History @WhiteHouseHstry]

Happy 100th birthday to President Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) born on this day in 1924. https://t.co/hbiYpZydwd

[NHPRC @NHPRC]

Got records?

We have 4 open funding opportunities, but hurry, the November 7 application deadline approaches,

All the details at https://t.co/3VjI6Ww6QC

#archives #hbcu #documentaryediting #Congress

[Correspondence of Zachary Taylor&Millard Fillmore @ZTandMF]

In the election of 1848, some Northern Whigs were unsure about presidential nominee Zachary Taylor, a Southerner. But they trusted Millard Fillmore, his NY running mate. Philo C. Fuller told him of "the great reliance, the north will place on the second in command." (SUNY-Oswego)

[Correspondence of Zachary Taylor&Millard Fillmore @ZTandMF]

Here's a new collection of primary documents on Abraham Lincoln (who campaigned for Taylor and Fillmore in 1848) from @CivilWarJon, a member of our Advisory Board.

[Jonathan White @CivilWarJon]

Just me with my ⁦@ALPLM⁩ hat, my ⁦@LincolnHomeNPS⁩ shirt, my ⁦@Gilder_Lehrman⁩ bust, my ⁦⁦@msu_libraries⁩ print, and my new ⁦@ReedyPress⁩ book, A GREAT AND GOOD MAN — a really cool collection of documents about Lincoln that sold on ⁦@eBay⁩

[Correspondence of Zachary Taylor&Millard Fillmore @ZTandMF]

We're delighted & grateful that The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, as part of its Humanities Program, has awarded @au_ccps @AmericanU a $10,000 grant to support our project in Feb 2025–Jan 2026. This will enable us to continue expanding access to Taylor's & Fillmore's letters.

[Correspondence of Zachary Taylor&Millard Fillmore @ZTandMF]

Margaret M. Smith was born on a Maryland plantation on 9/21/1788. In 1810 she married Zachary Taylor. She joined him at army posts across the frontier and, in 1849, at the White House. She didn't want him to be president; newspapers claimed he didn't vote for himself as a result.