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Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889 to [Henry Knox Craig]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.039 Author/Creator: Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889 Place Written: Eastport, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 March 1868 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 20.1 cm, Width: 25 cm Order a Copy

Comments on Johnson's impeachment and radical reconstruction. He has been involved with Schenck's bill. Says, "It looks to us here as if the P. [President] would stand a poor chance, that the case is prejudged on party grounds. I hope the evidence will be full and show up many things not expected by the Rads…."

Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889
Craig, Henry Knox, 1791-1869

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