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Thomas, John Lewis, Jr., 1835-1893 to Thomas Holliday Hicks

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00451.01 Author/Creator: Thomas, John Lewis, Jr., 1835-1893 Place Written: Baltimore, Maryland Type: Autograph letter signed Date: May 11, 1861 Pagination: 8 p. : Height: 23.3 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

Thomas, Baltimore city solicitor, relates events that took place during the April 19, 1861 Baltimore Riot to Maryland Governor Hicks. States that General Charles Calvert Egerton falsely informed a mob that Hicks had issued orders that Union troops could not pass through Baltimore and that those soldiers already present should "be driven back by the people." Informs Hicks that upon hearing Egerton's statement, Thomas rushed to the office of Baltimore Mayor George M. Brown. Claims that Brown, who feared invasion from the North, ordered that "all the rail road tracks leading to the city should be torn of- and the bridges burned-"

Thomas, John Lewis, Jr., 1835-1893
Hicks, Thomas Holliday, 1798-1865
Brown, George William, 1812-1890
Egerton, Charles Calvert, 1816-1893

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