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Thomas Starr King (December 17, 1824 – March 4, 1864) was an American Unitarian and Unitarian minister, influential in California politics during the American Civil War. Starr King spoke zealously in favor of the Union and was credited by Abraham Lincoln with preventing California from becoming a separate republic. He is sometimes referred to as "the orator who saved the nation."

Letter References

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, December 22, 1854

Letter from Samuel Swayze Seward to William Henry Seward, January 19, 1861

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Thomas Starr King (December 17, 1824 – March 4, 1864) was an American Unitarian and Unitarian minister, influential in California politics during the American Civil War. Starr King spoke zealously in favor of the Union and was credited by Abraham Lincoln with preventing California from becoming a separate republic. He is sometimes referred to as "the orator who saved the nation."
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