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Shriver, Edward G., fl. 1861 to Thomas Holliday Hicks

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00451.03 Author/Creator: Shriver, Edward G., fl. 1861 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: May 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Co-signed by Grayson Eichelberger, Ulysses Hobbs, and William Maulsby, soldiers present for the April 19, 1861 Baltimore Riot. Shriver et al. claim that General Bradley Tyler Johnson, with Baltimore Marshal of Police George Proctor Kane and others, intended to resist the passage of Northern troops through Baltimore by means of burning the bridges leading into the city.

Shriver, Edward G., fl. 1861
Hicks, Thomas Holliday, 1798-1865
Eichelberger, Grayson, fl. 1861-1862
Hobbs, Ulysses, fl. 1861
Maulsby, William, fl. 1849-1861
Johnson, Bradley Tyler, 1829-1903
Kane, George Proctor, 1817-1878

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